Comments on: Finding Freelance Jobs http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/118 {{{ ZX2C4 }}} Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cassiano Bertol Leal http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/118#comment-271 Cassiano Bertol Leal Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:56:23 +0000 http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/?p=118#comment-271 Why don't you look for bounties on FOSS projects? There are many, and some pay quite alright! Cheers and good luck! Why don’t you look for bounties on FOSS projects? There are many, and some pay quite alright!
Cheers and good luck!

]]> By: Mitch Golden http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/118#comment-269 Mitch Golden Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:29:35 +0000 http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/?p=118#comment-269 I have hired college programmers in the past, and it always worked pretty well. In fact, some of my strongest hires were either in college or just graduating. I don't know anyone looking for a KDE programmer, but other things are out there. Send me an e-mail. I have hired college programmers in the past, and it always worked pretty well. In fact, some of my strongest hires were either in college or just graduating. I don’t know anyone looking for a KDE programmer, but other things are out there.

Send me an e-mail.

]]> By: Elvis Stansvik http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/118#comment-268 Elvis Stansvik Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:33:11 +0000 http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/?p=118#comment-268 I applied for Google Summer of Code and I'm crossing my fingers until April 20 :) I applied for Google Summer of Code and I’m crossing my fingers until April 20 :)

]]> By: Milian Wolff http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/118#comment-266 Milian Wolff Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:23:39 +0000 http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/?p=118#comment-266 If you just want to earn some money and could live without any fancy C++/Qt/KDE stuff, try to get a job in the web business. I myself do/did that in my holidays and got payed pretty well. And in my eyes a little bit of PHP / JavaScript / HTML / CSS is quite simple. Thus it's cheap money. And the good thing: Really good developers are rare in these areas, I'd say because they are subchallenged. Yet that makes it even easier for you to get a job. Not sure whether it's any good for your resume though... If you just want to earn some money and could live without any fancy C++/Qt/KDE stuff, try to get a job in the web business.

I myself do/did that in my holidays and got payed pretty well. And in my eyes a little bit of PHP / JavaScript / HTML / CSS is quite simple. Thus it’s cheap money.

And the good thing: Really good developers are rare in these areas, I’d say because they are subchallenged. Yet that makes it even easier for you to get a job.

Not sure whether it’s any good for your resume though…

]]> By: purple-bobby http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/118#comment-265 purple-bobby Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:49:57 +0000 http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/?p=118#comment-265 I'm far from young, but have a similar problem having worked for the same company for 12 years doing projects way below my abilities. You need to keep learning about different real things, not abstract computer ones. You need to build a network of people - most of my contracts have been through a friend of a friend. You need to build a portfolio of solutions/demonstrations. You need to use correct (formal) English for communicating with non technical people who do not have the skill to judge your technical abilities and will judge you by your non-technical ones. I’m far from young, but have a similar problem having worked for the same company for 12 years doing projects way below my abilities.

You need to keep learning about different real things, not abstract computer ones.
You need to build a network of people – most of my contracts have been through a friend of a friend.
You need to build a portfolio of solutions/demonstrations.
You need to use correct (formal) English for communicating with non technical people who do not have the skill to judge your technical abilities and will judge you by your non-technical ones.

]]> By: asmerm http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/118#comment-264 asmerm Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:09:38 +0000 http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/?p=118#comment-264 Well you can try open sourcing now, and if you can do what you're saying, with few good ideas and apps, it will look good in your resume. There are people hiring QT developers somewhere on kde-apps.org if I cam remember. Well you can try open sourcing now, and if you can do what you’re saying, with few good ideas and apps, it will look good in your resume. There are people hiring QT developers somewhere on kde-apps.org if I cam remember.

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