Hey All, I'm a developer that has worked in IT for about ten years. I have experience in Oracle & Oracle applicatons, PHP/MYSQL, Joomla, HTML, Dreamweaver, C#.Net, etc... I'm looking to make some money on the side so I have been searching for projects on the internet. So far I have checked out guru.com and getafreelancer.com and there seems to be alot of projects on there. I just think that its weird that programmers have to PAY to get projects. Also, the bids on those projects are DIRT cheap. Does anyone have any recommendations as to a better way to get work? Thanks! Mush
How much do you think it would cost to get a customized layout/template of joomla? If i already have the design (simple)
Yes, there are so many indian/asian people working dirt cheap and delivering good work. Its hard to compete.
Hey Komirad, By having the design done do you mean that you have the idea laid out or do you have a .psd of what the actual site should look like? Please PM me with the details. Thanks!
Hi Mush, I have had good success with Guru. You can join for free, but the number of proposals you can make is limited. I did well enough in my first few months to justify paying for an upgraded membership, and I will admit that I got more work after becoming a paid member. The hardest part is getting the first few projects, as you will have no ratings or history. Bid low on a few easy projects, and explain to them why you are bidding low. Put a nice proposal template together - don't use their example, the employer will get dozens of proposals with that same outline. I have a very good proposal template I use - and once I began using this proposal template I also found the number of jobs I got went up. Guru also has fewer people bidding ridiculously low bids on projects (depending on the niche, I suppose - I bid mostly on coldfusion web development projects). On many projects I bid out at $60 - $70 per hour, and I picked up a number of ongoing/here-and-there type of clients. Good luck & don't forget to pay your quarterly taxes (if you are us based, that is)!!!!
I too have been in the business for over ten years and wow - what a change eh! Nowadays we have to compete with the 15 year old and the develop who pays $75 a month rent in some far off country... But I survive, mostly by word of mouth. I use http://profiles.odesk.com/0143c155c5a5665c (ODesk) - as well as a couple others I am sure you are aware of. Combined freelnace works from them all pays the bills. Hope that helps. Dadniel
Mush, how is it going? I stumbled upon your thread and noticed that supposedly you have lot's of experience in PHP, MySql etc. I have a project that you might be interested this is the thread Need a Partner Take care