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- 1. At the beginning of every month (on Hacker News), people usually post about jobs and what they are looking for in designers/developers. So without Freelan

- 1. At the beginning of every month (on Hacker News), people usually post about jobs and what they are looking for in designers/developers. So without Freelancing, Hacker News is the 1st way to go. Maybe you can do a HN Search and look for past post messages. 2. Do you have a blog? Marketing yourself thru blogs, Facebook, GitHub, Instagram or Pinterest, doesn't seem like a bad idea. 3. By omitting oDesk/Freelancing, I really think you are limiting yourself, because if you do a great job for one person (with word of mouth) they can tell somebody else and that will give you more work for a lifetime. People also tend to comeback to you, if they trust you and your work. 4. Cold-Calling/Emailing, but this might be annoying for some and you might get a bad rep for it.

tluyben2 13y ago
oDesk/Freelancer; it's not hard to get a job on those, but not (even close) for the price you want to. You will be basically doing your first X projects for very little money and it doesn't improve that much with positive feedback (and it's easy to get negative feedback as well if you have an issue with a client while not even you are to blame). The only good thing out of it is that you might meet people who will hire you outside these sites after a few jobs and then you can slowly up your income. Outcome may vary; i'm sure there are people with good experiences. That said, I wouldn't touch them.
monosc 13y ago
#1: good idea; #2: maybe i should start blogging, but have problem: as i always find decent post about dev, as a writer i feel i'll write something obvious for people (but it's only my perception, probably my posts could be helpful for others), i'm a bit introvert person; #3: yeah, but as i look for gigs i see only ultra-low rates, but will try (for begining probably i should hide my pride and work more for small tasks to get a reputation there); #4: cold emailing is in progres but no luck so far, companies still tend to look for people on-site;
- lucasnemeth 13y ago
  Well, I think it will be hard to find serious clients in Odesk... (I have read your comment about serious clients) Have you tried joining toptal?

tluyben2 13y ago

oDesk/Freelancer; it's not hard to get a job on those, but not (even close) for the price you want to. You will be basically doing your first X projects for very little money and it doesn't improve that much with positive feedback (and it's easy to get negative feedback as well if you have an issue with a client while not even you are to blame). The only good thing out of it is that you might meet people who will hire you outside these sites after a few jobs and then you can slowly up your income. Outcome may vary; i'm sure there are people with good experiences. That said, I wouldn't touch them.

monosc 13y ago

#1: good idea; #2: maybe i should start blogging, but have problem: as i always find decent post about dev, as a writer i feel i'll write something obvious for people (but it's only my perception, probably my posts could be helpful for others), i'm a bit introvert person; #3: yeah, but as i look for gigs i see only ultra-low rates, but will try (for begining probably i should hide my pride and work more for small tasks to get a reputation there); #4: cold emailing is in progres but no luck so far, companies still tend to look for people on-site;

lucasnemeth 13y ago
Well, I think it will be hard to find serious clients in Odesk... (I have read your comment about serious clients) Have you tried joining toptal?