Re:Ask HN: How does an experienced freelancer get work?
by anovikov on Friday September 28, 2012 @03:23PM
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I agree to this. All of out-of-the-blue invitations to do something proved to be a scam, one or the other sort of - most plainly visible, but others more painful. So i never reply for job offers i get unexpectedly from people i don't know, and i never work for anyone writing to me in Russian.
Re:Ask HN: How does an experienced freelancer get work?
by ErrantX on Friday September 28, 2012 @12:31PM
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Yeh, that didn't come out quite right.
I mean; a lot of freelancers seem to write a nice looking website and hope that some SEO magic will bring in work.
Re:Ask HN: How does an experienced freelancer get work?
by codegeek on Friday September 28, 2012 @12:32PM
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Yes agreed on the SEO magic point. It takes a whole lot more.
Re:Ask HN: How does an experienced freelancer get work?
by pawelwentpawel on Friday September 28, 2012 @12:18PM
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If you have a good network and get jobs from referrals then the job eventually finds you.
Why not let it find you as well ? If you have experience and the right skillset, you will usually be found more often than you finding work yourself. I usually get good gigs in my industry by getting found a lot more than finding.