Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do?

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Post by thr2178008 » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 9:52 PM UTC

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Post by __d » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 9:54 PM UTC

C/C++/Java/Python for capital markets, customers mostly in NYC.

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Post by metaloha » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 10:15 PM UTC

Front-end JS for the oil-and-gas industry. Custom, industry-specific customer-facing web applications. Interesting work, but the business logic required by some companies is freakin' terrifying :)

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Post by TomMarius » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 10:16 PM UTC

metaloha wrote: post #3

Front-end JS for the oil-and-gas industry. Custom, industry-specific customer-facing web applications. Interesting work, but the business logic required by some companies is freakin' terrifying :)

How did you get into this kind of work?

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Post by akulbe » Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 10:52 PM UTC

Long-term automation projects.

Chef development for one customer. Ansible for the others.

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Post by cm2012 » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 12:14 AM UTC

Marketing consulting.

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Post by wilhempujar » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 12:16 AM UTC

akulbe wrote: post #5

Long-term automation projects. Chef development for one customer. Ansible for the others.

Interesting. Is one of your customers looking for more DevOps help? I have a teammate looking for an opportunity.

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Post by uptown » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 12:45 AM UTC

Application developer at a hedge fund. Mostly front-end design/dev work on a web-based platform used to run all aspects of their business.

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Post by brd » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 12:58 AM UTC

At first I was an SAP Development lead (ABAP programming language primarily)

Later managing IT Operations

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Post by chi17 » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 1:15 AM UTC

Not a freelancer. That's how I do it.

I don't think you're asking the right question, though. 100k+ USD/yr in some parts of the country is a lot different than 100k+ USD/yr in other parts. The really smart ones have found jobs in metro areas that pay lots, but work remotely from areas with low cost of living expenses, and put all the extra away into college funds for their kids and Roth 401k's invested in high risk, low-load index funds, with a significant amount invested.

And most of all, they ask for it. Once they get it, they don't piss people off, they do great work, and they get references.