Set up a protocol on how you will work with prospects.
Join Guru.com and read what clients are looking for.
Remember that freelancing is about selling yourself so you need a positive first impression because you will compete with others and you want your clients to call you for new projects
Set up a personal website with a portfolio and blog.
Provide git hub url to clients so they can see your code.
Highlight your good documentation practices
I've heard that sites like Guru may not be the best approach because so many people are willing to work for next to nothing. Seeing as I'm unwilling to work for $5/hr, this seems troubling.
Plenty of people want to program. More so now than ever before. Just because there is a market for $8/hour programming doesn't really mean anything. There is a market for $800/hour programming too, and everything in between.
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Set up a protocol on how you will work with prospects. Join Guru.com and read what clients are looking for. Remember that freelancing is about selling yourself so you need a positive first impression because you will compete with others and you want your clients to call you for new projects Set up a personal website with a portfolio and blog. Provide git hub url to clients so they can see your code. Highlight your good documentation practices
Work hard.
I've heard that sites like Guru may not be the best approach because so many people are willing to work for next to nothing. Seeing as I'm unwilling to work for $5/hr, this seems troubling.
I think I once saw a posting where the bids were between $2 and $8 per hour. And people wonder why no one wants to go into programming!
Plenty of people want to program. More so now than ever before. Just because there is a market for $8/hour programming doesn't really mean anything. There is a market for $800/hour programming too, and everything in between.