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Ask HN: Where to find remote PHP jobs?

49 points by notastartup 12y ago

I've been developing with PHP/MySQL/Apache/Jquery stack since 2009. I'm looking to get some more clients, particularly to work on LAMP stack type of projects. So far I've tried craigslist, reddit but I find it tough to find remote based projects other than one time gigs (which I'd still be okay with if they were at least 4+ weeks worth of work). Any other recommendations to landing remote PHP gigs?

zedpm 12y ago
Have you looked at Stack Overflow Careers 2.0, specifically for jobs tagged with php [0]? Quite a few of the listings are for part-time positions, if you want something steady but not full-time. Do you check out the monthly Freelancing post on HN [1]? [0] http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/tag/php http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/tag/php [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7970372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7970372
- notastartup 12y ago
  I was wondering where the Freelancing thread was for this month, I missed the bus on it I guess. It's a shame that I can't logon stackoverflow via OpenId because my account was connected through there. I was very active on it.
tpae 12y ago
I've had some success through https://gun.io/ https://gun.io/. You can also score some projects on elance, but most of the time I would get good projects from networking. If you can build out MVPs, try going to different tech meetups and see if people are in need of some dev work.
- notastartup 12y ago
  I can't ever seem to get replies on gun.io. Not sure what they are looking for but it was frustrating experience
USNetizen 12y ago
We're hiring - send us a message: http://www.NetizenCorp.com http://www.NetizenCorp.com We have several commercial clients that have systems based heavily on PHP that we are supporting and have been having trouble finding qualified PHP talent, so remote is definitely an option for us. That same goes for everyone else here. We're looking for solid PHP talent and trying to avoid having to outsource overseas for it. I had a job posting up but it just came down recently out of frustration from the lack of quality applicants - I can re-post again. UPDATE: Position has been re-posted: http://www.netizencorp.com/careers http://www.netizencorp.com/careers
- ckdarby 12y ago
  Interesting, I figured the position would be a easy fill. I'll take a look at the posting; Feel free to stalk me at https://github.com/ckdarby https://github.com/ckdarby
- fred_durst 12y ago
  If I might give a bit of advice about finding some better talent. Your listing doesn't list any reasons why someone might choose to work with you. You have the listed requirements that they must have, but there isn't anything in there that would convince me to send you a resume. Are you working on interesting problems? Do you have a great benefits program? Do you have flexible scheduling? Do your client relationships provide your employees interesting perks? Is there an awesome culture of learning and professional development? If you are looking for quality developers, they likely already have a job, so try to give them reasons why working with you would improve their current situation. They will likely have the "get a job" problem already taken care of.
- e15ctr0n 12y ago
  Your job description has this line "The candidate will work under the guidance of a senior web developer who will assign and monitor their development tasks." I can't think of any sentence more designed to turn off quality candidates. Also, please drop a hint about pay scales.
  - collyw 12y ago
pknerd 12y ago
phpclasses.org/jobs weworkremotely.com twitter
eccp 12y ago
Jobmote has a curated selection of PHP jobs published elsewhere: http://jobmote.com/tag/php http://jobmote.com/tag/php
mhielscher 12y ago
In Sacramento, I've had success landing long-term PHP contract gigs by placing on Craigslist a well-designed Markdown resume rendered to HTML, with links in the top section to other formats (PDF, Markdown source, lowest common denominator plaintext) along with links to my GitHub page and my oDesk profile.
andys627 12y ago
Elance and Odesk is where I started w/same stack. Strive for 5.0/5.0 reviews and leverage those into more expensive work.
BorisMelnik 12y ago
With those skillsets you'd make for a ninja-like WordPress developer. I could give you work all the time especially with low-level knowledge as well as being able to work with front end designers.
- notastartup 12y ago
  Couldn't find an email address in your profile. I left my portfolio website and at the bottom there is my email address. http://appsonify.com http://appsonify.com
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colinsidoti 12y ago
Shoot me an email - I have a long-term client I need to hand over. Email in profile. Also - in general I've found craigslist to return the best leads. Typically takes at least one meeting in person though. You can also work through recruiting firms - they often get temp jobs they're happy to intro you too. If you do good on your first job, they'll keep sending you to more.
noddingham 12y ago
I've been told by some of our devs here that there are more Drupal jobs than Drupal developers if that's your kind of thing.
- amwelles 12y ago
  This is definitely true. We're always on the lookout for Drupal devs, although we don't hire remote workers.
  - thesagan 12y ago
    May I ask where you are located? Just curious. Edit: looking to move from my current city.
    - noddingham 12y ago
      I currently live in Colorado and judging by the 3000 people that showed up the the Denver DrupalCon, you should be able to find work here.
      - thesagan 12y ago
        Hey, thanks for the info! Where I am in Michigan things are still looking a bit shaky, and I'm tired of waiting!
up_and_up 12y ago
Jobmote.com Stackoverflow remote jobs Angelist remote jobs weworkremotely.com authenticjobs.com
fancy_pantser 12y ago
https://www.wfh.io https://www.wfh.io
yunyeng 12y ago
try freelancer.com there are millions of php projects, sometimes they hire for the long term projects, and there is more like freelancer.com like odesk.com elance.com etc...
tslathrow 12y ago
2006 But seriously, why are you limiting yourself to PHP and jQuery? JQuery especially - really odd considering you could easily work with any framework if you have the JS background...
- notastartup 12y ago
  honestly I have jQuery experience but not so much Backbone.js or Angularjs experience which seems to be the norm. I have used Meteor.js but then it's not much of a demand than the other two
- mrfusion 12y ago
  Are other frameworks really that popular? I was assuming AngularJS was still a niche (outside of HN)?
jpgjb 12y ago
Have you looked at LanceList.com? They list all the useful, curated freelance services. http://www.lancelist.com/#curated http://www.lancelist.com/#curated YunoJuno Toptal Matchist Gun.io OnSite Crew WorkMob 10x Management