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Re:How do you go about getting contracts for remote work? by sporkwitch on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @01:29AM (#12252801)
It's really hit-and-miss in my experience. One source is upwork (what used to be "elance"), a kind of networking tool for employers and freelancers to find each other. They take a pretty big cut (20%), but there's the potential to make a fair bit of money on short-term and / or remote projects. It doesn't just cover tech either.

I'm fairly new to using it myself, and while I've not gotten any work through it so far, I have gotten a couple phone interviews, so it's not nothing.

https://www.upwork.com/

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Re:How do you go about getting contracts for remote work? by JBReefer on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @12:04PM (#12255534)
I'm sorry but the hourly rates on that site are insanely, insanely low. $20/hr for a senior developer in anything is nuts. There's a freelancer that wants $19 an hour and has 10 years of PHP experience! You can make $19 an hour doing most front-of-house restaurant jobs, easily.
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Re:How do you go about getting contracts for remote work? by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @05:21PM (#12257783)
But you can't do it sitting in your living room. For some people, that's enough to take the job at that rate.
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Re:How do you go about getting contracts for remote work? by quangn on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:57AM (#12262230)
Most of the time, you get what you pay for. Their '10-years experience' does not equals competence or even good client communication.

Even though most clients there want to find cheap labor, there are some that understand they need real expertise and are willing to pay for it. Not sure if you find it worth the effort to dig through the crap projects.

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Re:How do you go about getting contracts for remote work? by borplk on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @03:26PM (#12257132)
Sadly it's a bit of a race to the bottom and for people who live in expensive countries it doesn't work.
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