I'm a senior backend dev (Go mostly) and feel like I could be doing more in the evenings, when my kids are in bed, to make a few extra ££.
I have no interest in under-selling myself on fiverr etc, so how do you find the work?
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#2A very good strategy is working with Software service companies based on contracts if you're after not under-selling yourself.
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#3Toptal.com. Pain in the ass evaluation process, but it's worthwhile to get through.
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#4Toptal.com. Pain in the ass evaluation process, but it's worthwhile to get through.
What sort of rates do you get?
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#5Unless you already have top of market compensation, I'd focus on interviewing for a higher paying job rather than do more work on the side.
Going by the ££ signs I'm assuming you can get a job in London, where you can make >£200k total compensation as a good software engineer.
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#6Toptal.com. Pain in the ass evaluation process, but it's worthwhile to get through.
What sort of rates do you get?
I'm on the "DevOps" side which tends to demand less $ from what I hear, but I get between $90 and $130/hr for hourly gigs (my preference). There's also Part-Time and Full-Time gigs that guarantee 20 hours and 40 hours per week respectively.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
What sort of rates do you get?
I'm on the "DevOps" side which tends to demand less $ from what I hear, but I get between $90 and $130/hr for hourly gigs (my preference). There's also Part-Time and Full-Time gigs that guarantee 20 hours and 40 hours per week respectively.
Yeah nice. What was so painful about the application process?
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm on the "DevOps" side which tends to demand less $ from what I hear, but I get between $90 and $130/hr for hourly gigs (my preference). There's also Part-Time and Full-Time gigs that guarantee 20 hours and 40 hours per week respectively.
Yeah nice. What was so painful about the application process?
Here's a detailed explanation for the application process: https://www.toptal.com/top-3-percent
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm on the "DevOps" side which tends to demand less $ from what I hear, but I get between $90 and $130/hr for hourly gigs (my preference). There's also Part-Time and Full-Time gigs that guarantee 20 hours and 40 hours per week respectively.
Yeah nice. What was so painful about the application process?
It's almost like a full job interview process with many parts. Keeping details minimal because of NDA, I had 3 "rounds" including online assessment and video interviews.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah nice. What was so painful about the application process?
It's almost like a full job interview process with many parts. Keeping details minimal because of NDA, I had 3 "rounds" including online assessment and video interviews.
Jeez.
Which networks still exist that do not require this large upfront timesuck (regardless of how well it may filter candidates)?