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I worked a limited time job on odesk for about minimum wage for about 20 hours to get a 5* rating from an employer. Then I did the same at minimum wage x1.25 ,
by maerF0x0 12y ago
I worked a limited time job on odesk for about minimum wage for about 20 hours to get a 5* rating from an employer. Then I did the same at minimum wage x1.25 , rinse and repeat until you are making about $40 an hour. I always told my contracts, "I bill for every minute, but you can fire me at anytime if you're unhappy". Unfortunately there isnt really a market for much higher on odesk and then you'll start to have to look for contracts elsewhere. But in lots of the country $40 is tons.
- acroe 12y agoInteresting. What's the nature of work do you accept at oDesk? Do you mind mentoring people?
- maerF0x0 12y agoIts past tense now-- used to work on odesk. The work was mostly updating terrible PHP from abroad and minor website updates. The occasional shopify task etc. Slowly but surely I would bid for and receive more lead development work. At minimum wage people would clamor for my attention and time, interest really dropped off around $30-40 an hour and people started to get pushy about productivity and "how long is this going to take?" .