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Are there valid alternatives ? What is the preferred platform for freelances looking for remote work at decent rates, today ?
by Kurtz79 11y ago
Are there valid alternatives ?
What is the preferred platform for freelances looking for remote work at decent rates, today ?
- zerr 11y agoI was in oDesk trap many years ago and got out of it just by applying directly to prospective clients. Since then, I always recommend to look for remote jobs/clients directly, rather than through these kinds of mediums. It works. HN remote jobs, and many other sites.
- kashifzaidi1 11y agoI am in that same trap, any advice for someone to break the shackles? especially for someone located in Pakistan?
- zerr 11y agoJust as I said above - find gigs on HN who is hiring thread, weworkremotely.com, stackoverflow remote jobs, wfh.io etc... just talk to clients directly. Oh, and needless to say - double/triple your rate, seriously - all it takes is to just ask. Also, I was after more or less niche remote jobs (C++). In case of web or mobile dev - there are literally tons of jobs out there.
- mbesto 11y agoPick Crew is the only one I know of: https://pickcrew.com/ https://pickcrew.com/
- kaolinite 11y agoGun.io is another.
- emptybee 11y agoTo be honest I have not had great experiences with them (slow response time, lower number and quality of devs). I compared them side by side with Crew + Toptal, and would recommend either, but ended up going with the latter.
- father_of_two 11y agoI don't know about Crew but Toptal seems just like remote body shopping. Seems the freelancer gets locked in working for toptal. Not a real freelancing scheme like odesk and such.
- radanskoric 11y agoNot really, you have full control over your availability. You can dial it up or down however you like. A lot of people start with hourly jobs on Toptal while keeping another gig or a day job and then switch to full time on Toptal when they're ready. Disclaimer - I work for Toptal
- scrollaway 11y agoI'd recommend PPH: http://www.peopleperhour.com/ http://www.peopleperhour.com/ It used to be pretty popular in the UK. I don't work freelance anymore but I still check the site out once in a while, it's fairly high quality and I've had several high-paying clients from there.
- icpmacdo 11y agoJust so people know they also send an ungodly amount of spam so don't sign up with your main email address.
- scrollaway 11y agoDo you mean they sell their customers' emails or are you just talking about their own marketing emails? Because they do send a lot of crap but I opted out of those and haven't had issues since.
- icpmacdo 11y agoTheir own marketing emails, I opted out but they still send a fair amount to me.
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- rattray 11y agoI've been decently happy with Toptal.com, which really works hard to carve out only the high end of the market (devs and clients both). Email's in my profile if anyone has questions or would like an intro.
- bnt 11y agoToptal? No race to the bottom, highly skilled developers, awesome clients.