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I would love to contribute to open source but in 10+ years I've never found a project. Is there a good website that matches developers to projects?
What projects have you used over the last 10 years?
Possibly an unpopular opinion on Freelancing work, but generally avoid anything that is highly saturated. Become a very deep expert in something older or niche. These can lead to opportunities to maintain older software, or work on very specific projects. I did well updating and maintaining ancient Microsoft Access databases for small and medium size businesses who relied on them for day to day operations. I'm curren…
Back in my freelancing days, everyone was doing php3 web development. I did, too, and it worked out extremely well for me. A very popular market might be saturated, which is a downside. But it might also mean that customers already know that they want/need exactly this, which makes finding projects extremely easy. If you want to have the best possible salary, go for an obscure niche where you can be the best in the w…
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Appreciate the insight. Definitely seems location is a big factor, but I'm not incentivized to change that right now - so I'll need to look at this from different angles. Networking seems to be key.
Sure thing. Either way, don't torture yourself about it. Probably getting a dog or learning to ride a motorcycle would give you more enjoyment than working at a big-bucks tech job.
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As a doctor in a third-world country, do you have any needs that could be solved by a simple web app? I'd be happy to build it if it could be of use to you and you can sell it to local medical practices.
This is an idea that I think of everyday but I can't find an answer because of these reasons Most doctors have a very poor IT knowledge. Most of them know only to use Facebook Most patients are elderly people, or people with extrame poverty. They either don't have the knowledge facilities or the money to pay for such a services. Most of the work in hospital are still done by painful paper work. But making hospitals c…
Sounds like there is something simple I could build.
> But making hospitals computerize has failed.
Can you figure out why?
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Interesting! Did you work there? Do they have an internal package manager of some kind? (in a meek voice) ...do they use MacPorts?
Not OP, but Googler here. We use an internal Linux distro for all our development. It's very similar to Ubuntu (so the default package manager is apt). People who have a Macbook use it as a thin client to ssh into their Linux desktops. So OS X package manager isn't really needed or used.
If you are a good dev, with a good work ethic and some hustle this won't be that hard. Although the "almost no experience" and "Started coding 3.5 years ago" aren't very congruent - you should really clarify that. Here are two options for you: 1. partner with someone and develop a SaaS product. There are thousands of "business" people with no tech experience who have ideas and are looking for a technical partner. But…