Ask HN: In the current crisis is starting freelancing doable?

Re:Ask HN: In the current crisis is starting freelancing doa... by PunchTornado on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:28AM (#22864373)

From my experience in the last 2 months, companies are scaling back their IT projects now. Got several contracts that were supposed to start later this year and they were canceled.

So there will be more competition for less bread. But you can try.

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Re:Ask HN: In the current crisis is starting freelancing doa... by stevehawk on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:41AM (#22864457)

Counter to that, a lot of companies are scaling up their web/mobile presence and offerings because they can't let their customers into the building. I'm a contract programmer and business is arguably booming.

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Re:Ask HN: In the current crisis is starting freelancing doa... by chuck3201 on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:07AM (#22864887)

I'm also a contract programmer and looking at job sites the work is completely drying up. There are still a few contracts going but its a small fraction of what was available 2 months ago. What makes you say that business is booming?

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Re:Ask HN: In the current crisis is starting freelancing doa... by tomlagier on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:41PM (#22868122)

What market segments are you seeing this in?

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Re:Ask HN: In the current crisis is starting freelancing doa... by stevehawk on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:33AM (#22888698)

I mostly operate in the banking industry right now.

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Re:Ask HN: In the current crisis is starting freelancing doa... by tomlagier on Saturday April 18, 2020 @09:42PM (#22912752)

Good to know. Feels like a strong place to be. I'm just starting out and most of my contacts are in advertising in one shape or another, which hasn't been nearly as active.

I wonder if the best way to get started in a niche is to just start cold-emailing with a service.

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