Part-Time Freelancing Experience Needed
Hi guys,
Lately, I'm thinking about freelancing after my primary job, any idea where I can find a job with decent payment?
Would love to hear some experience of you guys that are freelancing, where you get clients usually, and if the payment is decent 😇
I have a lot of experience in full-stack development, building complex applications end to end, and working for numerous startups throughout my career.
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I've started as a freelancer 5 years ago and it's been 3 years since I have started my own web/mobile development agency (orphic.ca if your curious) and made about 200k this year.
For me, I started by going on site like indeed and Google Jobs (pretty cool because it regroup multiple job offer site). I then filtered the results with my skills, by job types (part-time, contracts and freelancer) and which I could do at home. In my CV, I was upfront with the fact that I working on my own. Finally, I started at 50$/h and gradually went up to 135$/h.
This allowed me to get things going and started receiving clients from "word of mount".
Giving you a follow, I hope to ear how it went.
Good luck and have fun!
Do you have friends who are building an early stage startup? Often early stage startups (< 5 full-time people) are open to more flexible, part-time work, because they also come with a good deal of uncertainty.
It's easiest to go through friends, but you can also reach out to any early stage startup that you're interested in.
That's a good idea,
Because i'm working full time job(pretty flexible), I can't really "market" my self properly 😅 so I wanted to find some websites to easily take jobs but maybe I should just talk with my friends and network.
I’ve been looking for the same thing for a while to pay down some medical bills. Everyone suggests sites like Upwork or Fiverr, but it’s the chicken-egg problem where you can’t get jobs until you’ve done a lot of jobs.
What do you think about Fivver and Upwork?
I saw a lot of low-priced gigs there that aren't worth the time and generally people that try to save money go to Fivver,
about Upwork, I'm not sure maybe I will consider it.
I wouldn't consider doing fiverr or Upwork. You have to compete against people who are willing to accept very lower wages. Know your worth.
I’ve only tried Upwork (I think back when it was Elance?). I just remember just remember not getting any work. There are a threads on here and other places that talk about doing a lot of work for basically free to get clout, then you have the trust. You are supposed to grind until you get the jobs that pay decent.
I really like the "productized approach" to freelancing that people have been talking about recently. E.g in these articles:
https://www.productizeandscale.com/what-is-productized-service/
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/use-freelancing-to-directly-benefit-your-product-and-your-wallet-here-s-how-9f17368ad8
I used to do freelancing five years ago, the best source for me was word of mouth. I think if one wants to do freelancing today, the productized approach is a good way to stand out.
The best thing you can do in today's freelancing climate is to find clients off the internet. Go pitch the idea of building software to people who don't think about software and land your first few clients that way. Good luck!
Hey, I've seen quite a few posts on LinkedIn and other job boards for part-time and contract roles. I've had some success on LinkedIn services too. I think applying to those could get some traction.
-Ben
We get a lot of people who join our volunteer staff via volunteermatch. Volunteers aren't paid, but half of our volunteers have used the experience they get with us to propel themselves to their next positions.
If you want a paid position, consider codementor perhaps? You can leverage what you know to help others with their projects.
So I have enough experience,
I'm just looking for a platform where I can just take gigs/works easily...
I'm getting a feeling I need to somehow how heavily market myself or else I won't be able to find decent work.
Maybe it's time to code just that particular app. A platform where experienced coders can go to find freelance work. I actually think codementor offers this service, so it's worth checking out, but if not, this would be a great service for others. Maybe indiehackers could create a freelance section too?