Best place for small remote gigs?
I'm doing solo dev, building and shipping several products, trying markets etc. I have some passive income here and there, but looking to up it a bit. I'll also visit SF for a while late June, so I can meet up to do in-person vibe check, discuss stuff and build my network
just wondering how are you guys earning on the side, I'm willing to go on the lower end of pay as I'm looking for fully remote async contract (b2b), low-intensity work (or at least not full 40h weeks). have 13y of exp as a generalist swe, started as a gamedev then expanded into devops, ai/ml, trading
HN, but where you are contacted (for instance, monthly Seeking Freelancer post), not the other way around. Pretty much every source where the kind of jobs you're talking about are posted are a race to the bottom.
tx for input, I wasn't aware of the "Seeking Freelancer" post. as for the race to the bottom, idk, I just know that not all clients look for the cheapest work
What do you think of as “the lower end of pay”?
Fully remote, fully async, low intensity work is a global market, right? I’d be careful about taking the lower end of global pay.
Exactly, lower end of global pay is on fiverr and the competiton is people from low Income countries.
Its not a good thing to aim for
true, I clarified this aspect here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44212176
true, I clarified this aspect here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44212176
I doubt there is a singular answer other than to hussle. Try Upwork; Reddit; who's hiring; jobs sites with part time roles or "fractional" as they call it; exemployers and excolleagues; blogging; linked in; etc.
Isn't it "hustle"? But since it's a hassle to hustle it kinda makes sense too.
Half hustle half hassle yes!
I guess I could've phrased it better: by lower end of pay I mean a smaller hourly rate compared to my previous, more intense jobs, not that I want to compete with people writing bad code
Competing on price is a disadvantageous business strategy.
Good clients want to pay enough to get good results…they want to pay you to do it right. Good clients have budgets to cover this and a low price is a red flag.
Bad clients don’t care if you make money and are attracted by low rates.
If you have a low rate you won’t be paid well and will be dealing with bad clients.
And on top of all that, no client wants to hear that you don’t want to work hard…and to the degree your question is intended as an indirect way of marketing your services, it is a footgun.
Existing clients.
There is no easy button for good part time work.
Because why wouldn’t a business prefer someone who does what they need as a primary commitment?
From your client’s perspective, your schedule is their risk. So trust matters and a more committed contractor looks lower risk than a “hobbyist” who might abandon contracting for regular employment.
If you want clients you need extreme luck or the hard work of sales. Good luck.
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if you know something I don't, I'd like to know it too. unless this is ironic