Made more money as a contractor than as a freelance developer. Help!

Re:Made more money as a contractor than as a freelance devel... by TokyoKid on Thursday January 25, 2018 @08:52PM (#16236454)

I'm in a similar situation. 4 whole months with no work. I've sent 100s of applications and done dozens or interviews. I have 8-9 years of experience and 3 of those in React and Node. I've got an impressive resume and experience at 4 other starts ups, and even at a big game developer.

Are these the early signs of a slow down in the tech industry. I've also considered ICOs to be a big red flag as well.

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Re:Made more money as a contractor than as a freelance devel... by averagebear on Friday January 26, 2018 @01:17AM (#16237370)

If you're doing React, you should look at a tech shop. It's a smaller one, but we've done work with http://g2i.co/

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Re:Made more money as a contractor than as a freelance devel... by stephen82 on Friday January 26, 2018 @06:16AM (#16238339)

Send your resume at https://automattic.com/work-with-us/ and let them know about your Node.js and React experience.

Since the release of Calypso which is a React app for Wordpress.com, they need more and more developers to work on it.

If you get hired, buy me a beer ;)

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Re:Made more money as a contractor than as a freelance devel... by openbasic on Thursday January 25, 2018 @09:03PM (#16236496)

Probably? IDK. I know a few other contractors that make $50~60/hr. And they have a very steady clientele. If you do things right, without bullshitting people, you can easily bump your prices because no one trusts contractors. At least not here in FL.

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