5 great freelance sites for developers
The following are five great websites that I have found for freelance work. This is for mostly programming/development, which includes PHP and many other languages.
Rentacoder is good place to find small to mid-sized projects for earning extra money. It also offers a rating system which can hurt or help you depending on your work.
Odesk is a little bit different than the rest of the sites listed here. Instead of bidding on projects, you bid on hours. Employers can list the amount of hours/week and # of weeks they need out of a potential freelancer.
Craigslist is great because there is no barrier to entry for either the employer or the potential freelancer/employee (it is also among the top sites on the Internet). This can also be a detriment because anyone with a computer can post a job listing.
4) http://programmermeetdesigner.com/
A unique website that provides an opportunity for programmers to meet and work with designers.
Guru.com is a clean and professional website that has lots of large-scale projects. It also has a fairly high barrier to entry for the employers, which usually means better paying jobs.
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Does anyone get a significant amount of work through any of these? any other recommendations out there?
Yeah, rentacoder gets me some regular work. I haven’t used it for a while as I have my regular client base in London but it is very handy for when you have nothing and need some money. It just doesn’t pay as well as a local job.. well, for me anyway.
I’m surprised scriptlance wasn’t mentioned on the list. That website is pretty active.
http://programmermeetdesigner.com is in no doubt a unique website. I have done well there. I also visit http://www.freelancerresource.com regularly. It is growing fast.
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