Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by cheapsteak » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:08 AM UTC

dotjinks wrote: post #39

gangplankhq.com if they are in your area or find another cowork hacknight hangout.

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Are they not done with the site or is this some joke or satire that's going over my head?

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by it_learnses » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:16 AM UTC

alashley wrote: post #40

it_learnses wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I'm actually in Victoria, BC :) where are you?

Same place :)

What! Are you in asp.net?

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by alashley » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:22 AM UTC

it_learnses wrote: post #42

alashley wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same place :)

What! Are you in asp.net?

I have played with .NET on my own in the past, and I had a class on C# and VB.NET and also ASP.NET at Camosun. The C# and VB.NET class focused on desktop applications, we built a few games (card games, memory game) and the .NET class had us build a term project. My project communicated with Reddit via its API. So the short answer is...Tell me more about any opportunities you know of :)

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by it_learnses » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:26 AM UTC

alashley wrote: post #40

it_learnses wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I'm actually in Victoria, BC :) where are you?

Same place :)

sorry, not that I know of. Are you part of any local dev groups?

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by alashley » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:30 AM UTC

it_learnses wrote: post #44

alashley wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same place :)

sorry, not that I know of. Are you part of any local dev groups?

No worries :) Yes I am part of a Drupal meetup. There is also a Ruby on Rails meetup that might interest you. I was a part of it, but I don't want to put too much on my plate for the moment. You can find it on meetup.com

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by glitch273 » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:30 AM UTC

tagabek wrote: post #18

I am also getting started with this process and these are things that have helped me: It seems like you are very aware of what you are capable of. It's great to be realistic, but also realize that you are now in the professional market like everyone else. Like the other posts say here, NETWORK. Go to local meetups and present yourself as a real professional. Create business cards (BONUS: Make yours stand out from the…

can you expand on what you mean by "take a popular site and build a small client for it"? Do you mean just use their API to build a quick demo site or something else? My portfolio is a bit weak and I was looking for good portfolio projects to showcase my talents.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by seldo » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:33 AM UTC

This isn't really answering your question, but what's your motivation for wanting to "freelance until [you] find a job"? Are you expecting it will take you time to find the job you really like, or are you just trying to get more experience before you look for a full-time job?

If you are a good programmer, the job market for full-timers has never been better -- especially if you are willing & able to move to the bay area (a big if, I realise).

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by Sven7 » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:48 AM UTC

If there is nothing holding you back, consider moving to tech hubs Bay area, NY/NJ etc. Preferably where you have friends or family where you can crash and tap into their networks. If you are interested in a long term career in tech, choosing the right city at the outset, can set you up for life. Good luck.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by legedemon » Sun, May 19, 2013, 6:01 AM UTC

DustinCalim wrote: post #30

I'm looking to pay someone for some work in JS and RoR, messaging me is probably a good place to start...

Same here. We can discuss details over email. Mine is present in my profile.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find good freelance opportunities?

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Post by legedemon » Sun, May 19, 2013, 6:13 AM UTC

readme wrote: post #14

I've found many high quality clients through TopTal. Please use my referral link: http://www.toptal.com/?ref=35 Quick facts about us: everyone is really cool. You get to work with top notch clients. All the developers who work with us are seriously talented: we make sure, since you will need to take a short coding test and show us some of your code before we let you in. I highly recommend it. By the way, it's not lik…

I checked out your link but read something disturbing there: "...during non-work hours, they are expected to respond within 3 hours." This, I think, goes totally against my reason to seek freelance work - work on my own time. I'm sorry but Toptal just looks like another company.