> who place low bids just to win projects and then they mess them up.
Go to their past projects and offer a high price to fix the mess
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#62Do the low bid programmers really mess them up? I mean it's comforting to think I'm miles ahead in quality than people from those places but honestly I'm not sure. I figure there have to be some decent programmers better than myself who will gladly work for half the money
Better programmers maybe. In terms of finding someone at half the price that communicates at a high level and cares enough to investigate past what is precisely assigned and understand the business case, I am not so sure.
Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?
#63I would recommend strongly against freelancing. Instead, try and join up with a remote team. YouTeam.com might be relevant. Find a team where you are a specialist, you'll earn a higher hourly rate and probably have a lot less stress. Try to pair up with a few different groups until you find one that you love, then stick with that one. Source: I did a lot of freelancing in the 2000's before joining up with a larger co…
I don’t think this will work for individuals?
From the site: “Who can apply?
- 50+ people on the company’s team;”
Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's holding potential customers back the most? The quality of the work, implying you are already exhausted after your current job? Or the fact that 20hrs is often not enough time for a meaningful contribution in a development team and you have to spend time to catch up every week? Courious to know what your experience is and if a price conscious buyer would be willing to accept the trade-offs.
working with freelancers that have full time jobs almost always means that that freelance work is lower priority to their main job and will be first to be neglected if things get busy. Freelancers/consultants that do it full time value their good reputation to continue getting clients and work.
It’s all about communication and setting expectations. If client is expecting quick delivery with low chance of disruption and you have a full time job maybe this consultant shouldn’t take the job. Or at minimum tell client they are juggling multiple priorities at the moment and say that they’ve built in a buffer into the ETA but it could still be a risk. And that you’ll communicate frequently with any deviation to your ETA.
Not every client needs delivery at breakneck speed.
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#65Sign up on moonlightwork.com. It’s a great community for this exact sort of thing. The advice here sucks. Don’t give up on this idea. I make my living freelancing and a fair portion of that income is from Moonlight.
Seconding this ^^ only had awesome experiences here. Feel free to reach out if you've got any questions.
Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?
#66Here's something you can do: 1. Go to https://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/PHP to see websites that use PHP 2. Focus on smaller to mid-size companies (large corporations likely have the tech team and contractors to cover almost of their needs) 3. (Optional) Search for each company on Linkedin and add managers with relevant roles (VIP of sales, project manager, marketing manager, etc.). The goal is to familiarize…
> 5. Reach out to the most senior person with a relevant role at each company with a personalized 1-on-1 email.
So, spam them, basically?
I'm not even "the most senior person" and I get tons of e-mails along these lines all the time. I am the asshole mail server admin who blacklists each one of them and submits their spam messages, though. At the least, I can prevent their messages from making it through to other people.
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#67I'm currently hiring remote full time PHP developers for my saas Agency analytics ... Blake[dot]Acheson[at]agencyanalytics[dot]com if interested
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#68Hey there, here are my suggestions for you: Sign up to AngelList and search their jobs. Besides normal jobs, many startups looking for remote contract developers post there. AngelList also lets you search by technology category, whether it's contract or not. I don't think they let you search if it's part time or not on the website. Next, I would join Developer focused Slack channels. Some of these have #jobs channels…
Looks like a great site! One typo I noticed: on pro page ( https://remoteleads.io/upgrade ), in 6x leads paragraph, "about" is misspelled "That's abotu 10x less competition per lead according to our analytics."
Hey, thank you for the feedback. Fixed! :)
Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?
#69Sign up on moonlightwork.com. It’s a great community for this exact sort of thing. The advice here sucks. Don’t give up on this idea. I make my living freelancing and a fair portion of that income is from Moonlight.
I joined moonlightwork early on. Never have landed a job through it, or any other freelancing site (so I suppose I can't say whether it's any better or worse than the rest).
At various points throughout my career, I've fantasized about quitting Full time work and freelancing. I gave up on the idea after a few potential clients wanted me to work for peanuts.
Close as I got was a few short-lived negotiations where I refused to work for pay similar to what I made as a teenager bagging groceries.
Maybe I should start a lawncare business? It would be more lucrative than freelance software engineering, and at least it ought to be immune to offshoring.
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#70in my experience, upwork is the least spammy site compared to freelancer, fiverr, and guru