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I have been a freelance web developer, and I can tell you that starting on the internet is a good way to build a portfolio.
start here: http://www.freelancer.com/affiliates/ahmed613/ and make sure you the projects that you can really finish!
Come on, this is a hacker community...The people here aren't that dumb. Atleast, you could have used a URL shrinking service..duh!
Well.. its something real.. I am making real money from this.. and putting an affiliate link does not have to be something bad at all.
Why do I have to shy about promoting something real?!!
Basically, the problem is you are creating a conflict of interest by appending the affiliate bit. It's hard to take your advice as being unbiased when you stand to profit from it.