After working in the Java/Grails world for the past ten years or so, I recently took a position at a local video game company doing .NET/C# coding. I don't particularly enjoy the platform, but it's a hella cool company to work for.
So in order to keep my other skills sharp, I thought I'd try to find some part-time freelance work. I signed up on eLance, which seems to be the main site geared for that sort of thing. I checked out the job listings - lots of general web dev work, but they seem to be mostly looking for full-timers.
But that wasn't the main thing that jumped out of me. What jumped out at me was the insanely low rates they wanted to pay. $2,000 USD a month for a full-time developer? They must be insane. And as far as I can tell these listings are aimed at American developers, not offshore companies in Romania.
So I think to myself, "maybe if I create my profile, people will contact me with the REAL projects." My rationale is that this has largely been my experience with Monster, Dice, etc; the jobs listed are a fraction of what are out there, but recruiters prefer to look for their candidates rather than the other way around.
Within a couple days, I got an invitation to submit a proposal for a Java project. The rate? $10 an hour. I didn't even respond.
Are there any freelance job sites where the listings aren't so laughable? I've gotten some in the past through basic networking ("I know a guy..."), but half the time the projects never wind up happening.
Any other devs have any luck with eLance or some other site?
So in order to keep my other skills sharp, I thought I'd try to find some part-time freelance work. I signed up on eLance, which seems to be the main site geared for that sort of thing. I checked out the job listings - lots of general web dev work, but they seem to be mostly looking for full-timers.
But that wasn't the main thing that jumped out of me. What jumped out at me was the insanely low rates they wanted to pay. $2,000 USD a month for a full-time developer? They must be insane. And as far as I can tell these listings are aimed at American developers, not offshore companies in Romania.
So I think to myself, "maybe if I create my profile, people will contact me with the REAL projects." My rationale is that this has largely been my experience with Monster, Dice, etc; the jobs listed are a fraction of what are out there, but recruiters prefer to look for their candidates rather than the other way around.
Within a couple days, I got an invitation to submit a proposal for a Java project. The rate? $10 an hour. I didn't even respond.
Are there any freelance job sites where the listings aren't so laughable? I've gotten some in the past through basic networking ("I know a guy..."), but half the time the projects never wind up happening.
Any other devs have any luck with eLance or some other site?
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