Ask HN: Where are the good platforms for contract work?

Post by akuji1993 » Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 8:31 AM UTC

thr0wawayf00 wrote: post #30

akuji1993 wrote: post #27

Toptal is trash if you're in the US or in EU. They have shit hourly rates and you compete against developers from anywhere in the world, so you can't ever match the rates they are throwing in. If you are in the EU, check out Freelancermap, Austin Fraser, Hays, Malt, Darwin Recruitment, Upper.co (for less pay, but startup work). I think one thing which is restricting your search is your tech stack. I'd honestly concen…

Not only that, but their interview process is pretty insane. They wanted me to grind leetcode and do a week-long project and didn't give a lot of specifics about how much I could expect to make on the platform. Felt like a major time-suck without a lot of upside.

Post by sph » Tue, Sep 20, 2022, 4:57 PM UTC

Jugurtha wrote: post #32

> I find I'm close to having to abandon 10 years of consulting because I have no idea where to find anything else than full-time employment. I'm sure that many of the clients you made happy during those years will gladly work with you again or make introductions. Between you and an unknown, you have a leg up. That's one of the advantages of consulting and having a track record of always delivering. If you want to sta…

Post by pc86 » Wed, Sep 28, 2022, 2:03 AM UTC

pessimizer wrote: post #80

brtkdotse wrote: post #67

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They're alive and well in Northern Europe at least. I'd say a majority of contracting work is done through them since they somehow get exclusivity deals with big clients like H&M, Scania, SAAB and the like. They charge around 5-15% (almost always 10% though) of every invoice. Before you balk at the number, consider that during my almost 5 years as a solo contractor I've spent _zero_ hours doing sales. None. When I wa…

> They charge around 5-15% (almost always 10% though) of every invoice. That's nothing to balk at. In the US, being a contractor is like selling wholesale, and being an agency is like selling retail. I'd expect the contractor cut to be 30%-50%, and the rest to go to the agency.