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None of them. Their rep is that they're great for hiring low to mid level offshore devs for $10-20/h. If this describes you then great, get on all of them. But
by driverdan 13y ago
None of them. Their rep is that they're great for hiring low to mid level offshore devs for $10-20/h. If this describes you then great, get on all of them. But if you're charging $100+/h you do yourself a disservice by associating with them and are unlikely to find clients looking to pay that much. It may be an unfair stereotype but it's mostly true.
Network instead. Get yourself out there. Go to local events where you can meet potential clients. Get active on Twitter and interact with people in the industry. Put open source stuff up on github. Increase your exposure so when people come looking they find you.
- guru_shastry 13y ago+1. And get one of these : http://freelancersticker.com http://freelancersticker.com
- ssharp 13y agoYou can get higher paying gigs on oDesk if you're willing to do more than carpet bomb categories. Finding good gigs on their takes some time and effort, but it's possible. I did a gig on their that paid a fair amount below what my rate would normally be, but was still above the $10-20 range and I was able to make some good connections from that for more work outside of oDesk. It came at a time when I was trying to pivot from developer to more of a marketing / marketing-dev role and it also provided me some exposure to tools, problems, and tactics that I wasn't familiar with.