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Ask HN: Where can I find small companies to work for part-time?

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Post by ggktk »

I dislike going through interviews and all the rituals that involve working for a company full time. I don't like to stick to one project for a long time, which is visible on my resume, and recruiters don't like that.

I've been thinking of a way to work around these traits, and what I have come up with is - work part time, on B2B, with invoices instead of employment contracts. I'm hoping that with B2B it will be easier to find work, fast. It should be more flexible to employers.

But where do I find people to do work for?

Edit: I'm a full stack developer, mainly focused on Go and React.

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Post by atlasunshrugged »

Depends what industry you're in. Given HN audience I would guess there's a fair chance you're an engineer or in some tech role, in which case beyond Upwork there are many more bespoke sites that either let you bid on roles/projects (there's a company that uses the blockchain and is like a more upscale Upwork but the name escapes me now and the old classic TopTal) and some other ones that are a little more high-end that vet projects for you (e.g. Tribe.AI- disclaimer, I used to work with them and a friend runs the company)

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Post by drekipus »

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #3

There's an interesting "reverse job board" for Rails devs -> https://railsdevs.com/ that sounds pretty close to what you're looking for. I'm not sure what stack you work with but it might be of interest.

I've thought about this sort of "reverse job board" for the traditional labour market..

How well does it work for rail Devs?

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Post by n4bz0r »

juice_bus wrote: post #6
kidgorgeous wrote: post #2

Upwork. Just spend an hour a day submitting proposals, and you'll be drowning in offers at the end of the month

From my experience they may start drowning in $1/hr offers.

What's the purpose of those? There are countries where this pay is acceptable? Can't really think of a reason to attract attention this way.

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Post by dewey »

n4bz0r wrote: post #8
juice_bus wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From my experience they may start drowning in $1/hr offers.

What's the purpose of those? There are countries where this pay is acceptable? Can't really think of a reason to attract attention this way.

They usually want to build up reviews / ratings on their account so that later on when they have a lot of 5 star reviews they can raise the prices.
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