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Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?

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Post by trykondev »

I have a suggestion which might be something of interest to you -- I work part-time at a company that specializes in conducting remote technical interviews as a service. It pays pretty well ($100 USD per 90-minute interview) -- the work is very flexible and you set your own hours. It might be a good option for you if you're interested in putting in a few extra hours each week, and it also might be a great fit in the sense that you don't have to spend time hunting down projects and instead can just schedule a few extra hours in your availability calendar when you want more work.

Although it's not a traditional software development job, I've found it to be a welcome change of pace to have a job that is separate from the stress of maintaining a codebase or crafting software all day which I find can be pretty draining.

If this is the kind of thing you (or anyone else reading this) might be interested in, send me an email and I would be happy to talk further about it! My email address is in my profile.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?

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Post by longnguyen »

philip1209 wrote: post #57
whalesalad wrote: post #48

Sign 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.

Thanks for using Moonlight! If anybody is considering using it - email me (philip@moonlightwork.com) and I'm happy to provide positioning advice on your profile. We launched a feature this year called Broadcasts where you can share what kind of work you want, then we'll match you to hiring managers. The goal is to decrease the number of applications you need to do! https://www.moonlightwork.com/

Stripe is not available in my country yet. Is there any other ways I can apply?

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?

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Post by aksahy »

> I'm currently working 40h/week as a backend PHP developer and I think I can put an extra 20 hours every week to increase my earnings. However, I struggle to find remote work or above the average freelancing projects.

Freelance is all about branding, word of mouth and selling your self. Maybe give blogging a shot and keep looking.

Shameless Plug: I was a PHP/Node developer. now I am trying to switching to go or elixir/erlang. I am already super comfortable with go. due to the fact, I have been using it since 2013 on hobby projects. As of now, I am working On a rest API using Clojure and react for frontend.

Here is more information about me: https://ooooak.github.io/

Github: https://github.com/ooooak/

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?

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Post by bigtunacan »

anon1094 wrote: post #4

Hey 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…

Something I find unclear about your pricing. It says it is not a subscription, but then implies you pay once to get a single list. So it is not a subscription, but you pay each time you want the list? Or do you pay once and then receive each new list in the future?

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?

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Post by bigtunacan »

cameldrv wrote: post #7

Show up to PHP meetups in your area if you're near a largish metro. Go for beers afterward, meet the people, mention what you are doing. Keep doing this and wait and you'll likely start getting work coming your way that has a completely different category of client than you'd see on some sort of marketplace.

Meetups depend largely on geographic location. If you are already in a large city this is good advice. If you are anywhere with a population of sub 500k then people looking for help is few and far between. Also for every one that does show up and has money to pay ten show up saying how they have a "great idea" but no money or skills and why won't anybody work for 2% equity?

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?

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Post by unnouinceput »

add1ct2 wrote: post #41

I'd suggest going with Toptal. You'd join an elite network of the world’s top talent, connecting the best and brightest in business, design, and technology. This will give you a chance to work top organizations from anywhere in the world, on your terms. All Toptal clients are thoroughly vetted. Only those with the budget, skill, and intent to hire make the cut. You get paid on time, every time as Toptal handles all b…

Toptal is full of BS on their screening process. I am a freelancer on Upwork for 10+ years now (at that time they were oDesk) and a few years ago I applied at Toptal, out of curiosity. The experience of the screening process where they asked to do free work on a project, disguised as a throwaway test, except the specifics of the test was too much inline with those of a ongoing project made me decline it. Also I mentioned I was already a successful freelancer of Upwork and gave them my profile there to see for themselves meant nothing to them. My impression is they use their screening process to get projects done.

As for you, good for you that you made it there, but it's definitely not a freelancing platform.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?

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Post by unnouinceput »

I started with Upwork 10+ years ago (when they were still oDesk) and I never looked back. Best decision ever of my life. I can afford to enjoy my projects, while doing what I love, and I never have the feeling of work, but of playing.

The problem with Upwork is initial drawing of clients to build a profile with a good score. Once you did that, you're in the clear. Just like in any other places, there are plenty of bad programmers and plenty of bad customers, and once you identify their style of language you can easily avoid them. Also I insist of always talking to my clients, we use writing as only a mean to an end, not to create endless chats. This way they can asses my English as well. Oh, and I work for only US, Australia or Canada clients. Rest of the countries are a no go for me, most of bad customers are from there.

to OP: AMA regarding, I'll be happy to reply

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freelancing work?

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Post by anon1094 »

bigtunacan wrote: post #76
anon1094 wrote: post #4

Hey 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…

Something I find unclear about your pricing. It says it is not a subscription, but then implies you pay once to get a single list. So it is not a subscription, but you pay each time you want the list? Or do you pay once and then receive each new list in the future?

Thank you for your question. Yes, you're right it's a one time payment.

Depending on the plan you choose, you'll get approximately 35 ~ 55 leads between 30 - 40 days.

After you receive that amount of leads the paid plan comes to an end.

I set it up this way because if developers are following the application instructions that come with each lead then they'll be landing a freelance position within 30 to 40 days. Most times it's less, but that's the median when talking to customers.

And, if you want to use the service again 2 months later then you're not paying for the time you don't need it.

Let me know if I can answer any further questions, and I'll make sure to update my FAQs as well to make things more clear.

- Derick

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