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2. Pick the skill you are most comfortable with and focus on that when freelancing. The more efficient you are the quicker you can finish the tasks.
Combining 1 & 2 will buy you some time to get a better full time job for the future.
What I've seen that has worked in the past is this: Pick an open source project that is in a language that is respectable and commit to contributing to it for three or four months. Full time. Try to make sure that your written English is clear and professional in things like PRs. Try to keep your code as clean and as well tested and linted as possible. Once the core team gets to know you a bit you'll be able to reach…
What I've seen that has worked in the past is this: Pick an open source project that is in a language that is respectable and commit to contributing to it for three or four months. Full time. Try to make sure that your written English is clear and professional in things like PRs. Try to keep your code as clean and as well tested and linted as possible. Once the core team gets to know you a bit you'll be able to reach…
I second this. I regularly hire remote devs who can prove themselves with react or node for $2500/mo
Try getting a job in react or python(Django?) or nodejs. There are huge demand for these and these are the easiest to learn.
Why? have you tried? I had a company for some time and we hired remote developers who have just finished their careers. I am sure more startups will be willing to do the same. It is a matter or knowing where to look at. Try angel.co, or the monthly thread here for jobs. These jobs might not last for all your life but they will give you the initial experience you need to be freelance.
Freelance sites could be a good option too. You will have to offer a lower rate than others to get a job, but as I said, you need something to start, them things get easier (or not).
Anyway, best way to find a job is to be able to show what you are able to do. So you must need some open source projects the people who potentially will hire you can see how good you are.
these constant posts of how to make money are getting ridiculous. i feel for people and what not, but really at this juncture you can just do a search and go through all the answers to the previous times this has been asked.
As I mentioned above to someone, again I apologise for asking the n-th iteration of the same question. The situation in this pandemic is so unpredictable that I wanted to get advise fit for the situation. If not myself, it would help many others who're in the same boat.
I would apply to something like Toptal. When we were first built our team for my startup, we used Toptal contractors for quite a while. They were solid, and to my understanding, made good money. Toptal takes a significant cut of course. The bar is you have to pass a qualification test, which given your 3.5 years of experience, should be enough to get up and running.
But their process is a bit difficult, as another sibling comment has described. Knowledge of algorithms is required. And the second stage of being able to clear a programming test, is generally described as a significant barrier. It is advisable to practice algorithm problems before applying.
Don't ask for $1.5k/mo. No one will think of you as valuable if that's what you ask for. People who do pay you that much will treat you like shit and are not the kind of people you want to work with. The problem is you're referring to yourself as a newbie. I don't know where you're from, but generally in America that would be seen as lack of confidence. Don't be humble. You can learn on the job. Working from home you…
I mean that would be true in the US, but OP explicitly said he's not in the US. It really depends on where he is; 1.5k/month could be considered a very good wage where he is.
But if you're competing with the US market, no reason not to aim for 15k/month or even 150k/month while you're at it.
Then you can take some of your earnings and invest it in your local economy. Help friends start local companies, etc.
-Try to emigrate to a country with a strong tech sector and get a day job there.
-Build a web service that people love and will pay money for, because it does something very useful for them.
Everything else probably isn't going to result in you making money.
That aspect alone probably puts you ahead of other devs globally (and heck even in the US).
Communication is the biggest thing IMO for overseas devs. Ukraine is a pretty good example (lots of very talented devs who can speak English pretty fluently).
I’ve worked in the past with devs from Ukraine and Russia.