Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working full time)?

Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by TbobbyZ on Monday January 06, 2020 @11:44PM (#21976932)

Yes. You have to learn a skill with demand that cannot be met. That is the easiest way to get side work.

Learn Salesforce development. I've accepted a new contract role that is full time hours and my older employer straight up told me, "We cannot match your new hourly rate, but here is still a raise. Feel free to work on things for us whenever you want, whenever you have time, remotely."

I'm nothing special, an average developer. But businesses cannot find enough Salesforce developers, so some take what they can get, even if it's part-time.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by akudha on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:44AM (#21978757)

Can you talk a bit about the kind of projects you do? Also, where do you find clients?

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by jetti on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:20PM (#21982042)

I would imagine that clients that would want to get contractors for Salesforce development would want those individuals working during normal business hours, which would conflict with an existing job. Have you found clients are more flexible in hours?

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by TbobbyZ on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:25PM (#21982105)

More flexible indeed.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by jamiepenney on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:13AM (#21977090)

What's the easiest way to get started with SF dev? I'm part of a contracting team and having another arrow in our quiver would be pretty useful.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by TbobbyZ on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:31AM (#21977207)

trailhead.salesforce.com

Focus on getting certified to really stand out.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by tempay on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:35AM (#21978136)

How much time and cost is involved in doing?

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by TbobbyZ on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:46AM (#21978184)

Can’t really give you a quantifiable answer time wise. It really depends on how much time you put in and how good of a developer you already are.

It took me 4 years working full time to get to the point I’m at now. But I also worked Uber, Postmates, and fast food jobs to support my family at night till I got side gig developer work. In my 3rd year things really started to take off. I now have 8 certifications.

Cert tests are only $200-400 a piece to take.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by lvkleis on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:35AM (#21992255)

How did you find your sales force dev clients?

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by teeeg on Monday January 06, 2020 @11:54PM (#21976982)

what kind of stuff are you doing? is it mostly Apex development?

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by TbobbyZ on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:04AM (#21977049)

full life cycle development. pretty much anything to get something launched. integrations, front-end, apex back-end. Right now I'm learning about SQL server and DDL stuff to get a feature launched cause the integration doesn't have a REST or SOAP API, so I need to build the API myself.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by dbancajas on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:40AM (#21977247)

care to share your hourly? is it 150/hr?

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by TbobbyZ on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:44AM (#21977273)

$100

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Re:Ask HN: Are you contracting on the side (while working fu... by stets on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @02:25PM (#21983660)

Really interested in hearing more about this -- is it possible I could reach out to you to ask a few questions?

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