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If we've ignored you, it's unintentional and I apologize. Ken and I (Andrew) list our email addresses on our home page. Similarly, every automated email we send comes with the repl…

This is non-news for most hackers, but is actually surprising to people outside of the industry. The atlantic has a wide readership. A lot of people are having trouble finding any …

Founder of Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ) here. We negotiate these sorts of deals for a living. We charge more for short-term trials (say 1 week), not less. Employers understand t…

Consider applying for an in-house job with a digital media agency or a dev shop. You'll get paid a normal salary while building up a portfolio of client work. If you work with a sm…

Last year, we built this site: http://www.thecostofcarbon.org/ , which was part of a project for Al Gore's climate change non-profit. Currently, we're looking for devs for a compan…

It's pretty much just the USA. In fact, most of our clients are looking for devs in NYC or the SF Bay Area, so even US devs outside those areas are on the waiting list.

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First, talk to people looking for developers. That part is fairly easy: just about any networking event in NYC has a dozens of people looking for devs. I don't know where you're lo…

Online rent payment. Rent and taxes are my only regular expenses that aren't automatically deducted from my credit card or bank account. And even the IRS accepts online (albeit man…

The US also has usury laws, which I found fairly surprisingly when I was just starting out. I previously thought usury was a strictly a historic crime, like adultery or eating baco…

Most of our clients have been in NYC or the SF Bay area and they usually prefer local developers. Even if someone is working remotely, it's helpful to be able to meet once a week o…

Sorry, it's US only right now. In fact, it's mostly local work (NYC or SF) so even US-based remote devs are at a disadvantage.

Great article overall. I particularly liked the three mistakes you pointed out: I nickled-and-dimed a client on change requests, alienating that client and making myself appear les…

We started Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ) as an Elance/Odesk competitor for precisely these reasons. Most of the people looking for developers on the big offshoring platforms aren…

In our case, the explanation is even simpler. Most of our work is for local devs, where the clients prefer to be able to meet the freelancer face-to-face occasionally. Even for a p…

That's right for the customers side: it's a lot of personal networking and referrals. For consultants, we've had a lot of resonance with various social media channels. It's really …

Even with two technical co-founders (we're both developers), we're still following this strategy with Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ). With the exception of our homepage (which is …

SEEKING FREELANCERS - NYC or Bay Area preferred - Remote is okay Lambda is a talent agency for freelance developers and designers. We help you find clients, negotiate for higher ra…

I've heard this suggestion before, but most of the professional freelancers I know do not spend a large amount of time working on nights or weekends. Why would they? It's fairly st…

Shameless self-promotion: I run Lambda ( http://getlambda.com ), which is a talent agency for freelance developers. We're essentially like odesk/elance, but we screen every develop…

Having visited the bay area from NYC, the point about travel time (1 hr on average) is useful. Before visiting the area, I had heard that things were more stretched out than on the…