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I signed up pretty darn fast. I've been doing meetups, networking, everything I can imagine to get business development moving and I still have not found that 'thing' I'm missing to land a new client.
You are probably not using the word "cloud" enough when you speak about what you do.
> You mean you work on internet applications?
> No, it means I don't come into the office.
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I was corresponding with you guys and never got an email back from Ken. I was also asking about part-time work.
Ditto, my guess is they're just skimming for the top earners.
First, talk to people looking for developers. That part is fairly easy: just about any networking event in NYC has a dozens of people looking for devs. I don't know where you're located, but the same is probably true for your area. Once you're talking, convince them that working with you will be easier/quicker/more-effective than working with anyone else. That's the hard part, which definitely requires some practice.…
I was corresponding with you guys and never got an email back from Ken. I was also asking about part-time work.
This has been inadvertent, however I've also gotten a lot of work through various projects[1][2] I've done that have gotten big on HN. Write it off mentally as a marketing expense, and spend a few days making something awesome.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5395463 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6586867
Can you do C#?
Depends what you mean, I guess. I am "normally" employed with one company, not a freelancer, but I work "part-time", i.e. 30 hours/week. Getting that type of gig is likely different from getting the freelance/consultant type work. (For what it's worth, the way I got mine was that I was hired for full-time/40 hours, did that for about nine months, then went to the manager and said "hey, how about I only work 30 hours?…
First, talk to people looking for developers. That part is fairly easy: just about any networking event in NYC has a dozens of people looking for devs. I don't know where you're located, but the same is probably true for your area. Once you're talking, convince them that working with you will be easier/quicker/more-effective than working with anyone else. That's the hard part, which definitely requires some practice.…
At present I derive all my income from part-time work and side projects. The first thing is to figure out what not to do. You can't work in a field where people routinely hire full-time employees with ease. So you can't do Java work part-time, for example. (Well I mean you can , but it's like saying you can be elected to Congress. Let's do something easy.) So, you have to start in some field where 9-5ers can't be eas…