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Plain and Simple: How much should an up-and-coming programmer know if they want to try and take on the challenges that freelance jobs present?
Started by VeganZombie on
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by 13 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
There is only one accurate answer: "Enough."
I started as a freelance so I could get enough for freelance jobs in that area....
And freelance projects vary from "make me a simple HTML page" to "build me something similar Amazon.com".
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What's the best way to find freelance/contract coding projects?
I'm looking for paid freelance coding jobs. Almost all of the websites that I've come across are filled with foreigners willing to work at 1/4th the pay, job posters wanting you to recode...
Started by Laplie on
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by 16 people.
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I don't ....
Having a portfolio of projects you've done, someplace searchable who'll be working (mostly) on-site .
To be freelance myself and find those job bidding sites a rather horrible place to look for work telecommuting freelance jobs.
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The title is obvious, do you get freelance projects while you have a job ?
How do you plan your schedule ? I mean when I get freelance work sometimes I feel very overloaded. How do you overcome this ? Which scale projects do you prefer ? Do you prefer...
Started by Canavar on
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by 24 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Freelance projects that meet the following criteria:
Are less than 6 months in duration Don't interfere to Work on Freelance Projects:
My schedule is usually planned to where I'll spend 2 hours freelance work in addition to my normal....
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I've been messing around with different languages and frameworks to find the right fit and I think at some point it would be nice to make money doing web development.
Likely I would need to start out with freelance projects to find work at first, which...
Started by Mackristo on
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by 8 people.
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If I where to start out today doing freelance work I would specialize myself on a language that PHP projects definitely dominate ....
Depends on what type of freelance work that you vector.
You'll probably be interested in this HN topic.
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I would like to get some ideas what changes when shifting from a freelance Web Developer to a company's Web Developer (vise versa). This would be a wiki and would just like to hear your opinion and experiences.
Thanks!
Started by Pennf0lio on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Also, working at a company you there is always someone to motivate... .
I'd find myslef working on saturdays and sundays up to the night .
I am also a freelance.
As a freelance worker, I find that I don't get involved in office politics as much.
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I'm a production director in a web design studio and we need to build a new team of developers for iPhone Apps. Can anyone help me with this? Should we get full-time or freelance people? What are the pros and cons of each?
Started by cacique on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
With....
Hire Freelance if you don't know whether you'll have a job for these people in a year of one app can be used in the next.
Hire Freelance if the is work temporary in nature - i.e., it'll only take 3 months to build an app.
It depends...
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I am looking for a book that covers how to do freelance as a web developer. I know there are many general freelance books out there, but I am looking for a freelance book that is somewhat focused on freelancing as a web developer.
Some of things I am ...
Started by Chris on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
I believe.
Elance is one of the largest freelance sites and their support pretty covers lots of FAQs.
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I will shortly be looking to take on some small freelance web based projects.
I would really like your opinions on the best of breed tools/software available for freelance web projects. These tools will preferably be free or cheap (or great value). The...
Started by Owen on
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by 5 people.
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The free version would be all you need....
I use Easy Time Tracker Pro to keep up with the time I spend on different freelance projects, which clients (and some are freelance projects) There is a free version and a subscription based version.
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I was wondering if managers/developers out there had any opinions on the best places to find freelance/contract developers?
Over the years my company has utilized contractors and freelance developers (both in the U.S. and offshore) for many projects. ...
Started by LuckyLindy on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
I'm also not going to try and sell you on my firm .
By patching together freelance or contract developers.
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A client came accross my website (most probably through google as I did some SEO to my website) and just contacted me, he's looking for an ASP.NET developer for some project. The problem is that I didn't do any serious freelance work here before and have...
Started by Waleed Eissa on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Calculate at least 20% for staying.
freelance pricing is based on you being an expert.
For that time.
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