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Offer HN: I can take on a Rails project. Pay (or not) at the end.

8 points by footalert 14y ago

Hey HN, I am a recent grad from a developing country and I am having an extraordinarily hard time to find work (in the states or Europe, here the wages are too low and I have no opportunity to evolve), even though I think I am fairly skilled developer for someone who is 23 years. I interned at a good company developing software and I am a regular follower of web and other news. The downside to all of this is that all code I have written is closed source, so all my talk about how well maintained and well tested my code just doesnt fly with recruiters. Most ask for open source contributions and others wont even take on international applicants. In light of this, I am reaching out to the HN community with a proposal. I will take on Rails projects and you choose to pay me depending on the quality of the result. This will get me off the ground in terms of marketable projects and I will be motivated to work because I might get paid. What do you think?

jkaykin 14y ago
1) You need to do some freelance work, that way you have a portfolio to show. 2) What is your email address/best way to contact you?
- footalert 14y ago
  Hey! Thank you for response. Get in touch with me at gootalert@gmail.com Freelance offers are more than welcome.
  - jholman 14y ago
    This comment disagrees with your profile. One is a typo. Fix it.
    - footalert 14y ago
      Yep, sorry. Its my HN username, so footalert@gmail.com. I could no longer edit my earlier typo.
samiur1204 14y ago
Hey, Check out http://www.jobsuitors.com http://www.jobsuitors.com and http://blog.jobsuitors.com http://blog.jobsuitors.com. Contact me if you're interested in the idea. Good Luck!
gus_massa 14y ago
The first day of each month there is a freelance offers/seekers thread. (Last one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5304173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5304173 .) I'm not sure, but offering to work for free can be a problem, because some people will think that you are not a serious developer. Perhaps you do a sample site to show. For example a pets.com clone?
EnderMB 14y ago
More often than not, recruiters couldn't care less about what open source code you have out there. They only ask because they believe that amazing developers spends all their free time writing open source code for free, and being able to market this will get them their commission. If you feel it's holding you back then just build a basic tool for yourself and a personal website. I wrote a basic blog script and my own site, hosted it on GitHub and in-house recruiters often eat it up. I've never used a recruiter myself, but I've been sold "open source developers" that just happen to have a GitHub profile. If you just want work then I would highly recommend that you either find your local Rails user group (if you have one), or find any local companies that use Rails. If you have a local user group take a friend and you'll find plenty of opportunities to hear about who uses Rails, and possibly even talk to people that may be interested in hiring you.
mythriel 14y ago
You should not make such an offer. Either ask a small fee for the project or either get a cool idea and make a small app and post it on github, or maybe you can start a small startup if you have a lot of time and just want to show people your coding skills. Do not make deals that have an unknown outcome for you

8 points by footalert 14y ago

jkaykin 14y ago

1) You need to do some freelance work, that way you have a portfolio to show. 2) What is your email address/best way to contact you?

footalert 14y ago
Hey! Thank you for response. Get in touch with me at gootalert@gmail.com Freelance offers are more than welcome.
- jholman 14y ago
  This comment disagrees with your profile. One is a typo. Fix it.
  - footalert 14y ago
    Yep, sorry. Its my HN username, so footalert@gmail.com. I could no longer edit my earlier typo.

samiur1204 14y ago

Hey, Check out http://www.jobsuitors.com http://www.jobsuitors.com and http://blog.jobsuitors.com http://blog.jobsuitors.com. Contact me if you're interested in the idea. Good Luck!

gus_massa 14y ago

The first day of each month there is a freelance offers/seekers thread. (Last one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5304173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5304173 .) I'm not sure, but offering to work for free can be a problem, because some people will think that you are not a serious developer. Perhaps you do a sample site to show. For example a pets.com clone?

EnderMB 14y ago

More often than not, recruiters couldn't care less about what open source code you have out there. They only ask because they believe that amazing developers spends all their free time writing open source code for free, and being able to market this will get them their commission. If you feel it's holding you back then just build a basic tool for yourself and a personal website. I wrote a basic blog script and my own site, hosted it on GitHub and in-house recruiters often eat it up. I've never used a recruiter myself, but I've been sold "open source developers" that just happen to have a GitHub profile. If you just want work then I would highly recommend that you either find your local Rails user group (if you have one), or find any local companies that use Rails. If you have a local user group take a friend and you'll find plenty of opportunities to hear about who uses Rails, and possibly even talk to people that may be interested in hiring you.

mythriel 14y ago

You should not make such an offer. Either ask a small fee for the project or either get a cool idea and make a small app and post it on github, or maybe you can start a small startup if you have a lot of time and just want to show people your coding skills. Do not make deals that have an unknown outcome for you