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Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

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Re: Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

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Post by NicoJuicy »

ddorian43 wrote: post #68
NicoJuicy wrote: post #60

I freelance on .net projects for 70€ per hour, now I also doing e-commerce for myself which gets me excited now. Also busy with GPS webapplications on asp.Net mvc (embedded device who track trucks and the refrigerator °), WordPress sites, NodeJS ( MVP's),,.. I have a Cordova app before I go to clients, currently landing on too much work because of it ( it's a great conversation starter and builds trust). Will up hour…

You'll kill/burnout yourself with 16 hours/day.

I hope it's only temporary, sunk too much time in Pokémon and my webshop ( got in the news 5 times, so it all had to go fast -- webshop + pokémon events - pokemon news - marketing - communication - following up/helping players).

I had a month delay on my projects because of it. The situation will improve soon in a month or 2. I also have a stressfull job fulltime ( team leader + .Net architect), but i can handle it. My dad had a more stressfull job then what i have, so i don't mind this. At least i'm able to take a break when i can. I just want it all finished on time.

Fyi, he was a veterinarian and sometimes worked 32 hours on a row. He's on his pension now ( works a lot less). I'm happier that i can choose my own hours and spend time with friends when i want.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

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Post by tanshul »

I charge $30AUD an hour for freelance WordPress development. Billing monthly an average of 8 hours ($240) for maintenance and support for an agency which isn't much but nice extra income on the side and the occasional from scratch projects (charges depending on requirement). Main job is a front end developer (angularjs).

Re: Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

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Post by keviv »

fightfortheuser wrote: post #65
keviv wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's true. I'm in India and I pay 30% of that as taxes. So, basically I make $24.5 dollars after taxes. I usually charge $50-60 an hour for PHP work and I charged $80 an hour for a small ReactJS project last month. The only problem is I don't know where to find clients.

I suggest you invest in yourself, and learn how to find clients. There's plenty of free info on doubleyourfreelancing.com, and I'd start diving into the blog articles there. And if you want to invest in yourself, I wrote a course that you could take and it has a whole module on finding more clients. Don't feel pressured to spend any money, but I think it's pretty solid, and you can check it out here: http://freelance…

Cool. I'll check it out.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

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Post by keviv »

wusatiuk wrote: post #48
keviv wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice! I too work on CodeIngiter and Laravel along with Angular and React. I live in India and the local companies pay peanuts, which means no local projects. How do I find more clients and projects in the US?

keviv, i checked out your blog. please send me your contact details by email. :) thanks

Done.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

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Post by bdcravens »

jtmcmc wrote: post #76
uniclaude wrote: post #72

Before reading patio11: 75usd/hr After reading patio11: 200 Then again, I don't only do software consulting, I ship (or fix, or optimize) solutions on time to help my clients make way more than I cost them.

what is patio11?

Patrick McKenzie, prolific HN user and developer/entrepreneur: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11

Re: Ask HN: How much do you earn on average through software freelancing?

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Post by bdcravens »

kovrik wrote: post #42

I am doing Java (mostly), 10 years of experience, in New Zealand (not much work to do here, unfortunately), 80-100 NZD per hour. I'm currently free for about 20-30 hours per week, looking for more work. Feel free to contact me: kovrik0 at gmail.com

Keep in mind that on the 1st of each month there's an HN post where it's kosher to advertise your freelance services.
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