Comment by ManlyBread

Comment by ManlyBread 4 days ago

>If you really can work multiple jobs, just go freelance. Offer some consulting or whatever. You will earn more and have less stress than juggling multiple jobs.

You won't earn more. I've considered that at one point and most adverts on freelance sites like Upwork are written by people who are either clueless or downright insane. These people usually want you to create a completely new system from scratch using technologies of their choosing and the offers are like $8-$15 per hour or $800 for work that is supposed to take months to complete. Why would anyone want to agree to do that when apparently getting steady paychecks from multiple companies is an option?

madamelic 2 days ago

There are other platforms that are not public and require vetting.

Also, most of my contracts have come through referral. It's absolutely possible to survive freelancing as a software engineer.

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cardanome 2 days ago

On upwork you are competing with people from third world countries who can offer vastly lower prices.

Also the quality of the work is bottom of the barrel.

What you want to do is look for small to mid sized companies in your area and solve problems for them. You gonna build up your network and reputation.

There is a good reason many people don't go freelance, it is not for everyone. You need some really good social and business skills and it can be stressful. But the money is sure there.

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