Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 09/24/07 11:44

"Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
news:13ff73j73r5bo99@corp.supernews.com...

> Does anyone have suggestions for a good way (and cheap way) to solicit
> freelance php based web programming jobs? I live in a phenomenal,
> over-55, development (and absolutely will NOT relocate), but it is over an
> hour from the three nearest metropolitan areas and almost all the work
> here is dot-net type work (which I have been busy learning). In order to
> not have to dip into savings, I don't need to earn all that much. I am
> looking for full time work so that I cam pull in enough for the next three
> years and then retire with enough to not have to worry. Pulling in
> 20K-30K via part-time, from home, freelance doesn't seem such a big deal,
> but I have only worked full-time, either perm or contract through
> agencies, before so I don't know Step One in the freelance process.
>
> So, are there any suggestions for a good way to proceed?

Rent-a-coder.com is good. So is monster, careerbuilder and the others.
What I don't have yet, but will soon and expect good results from, is having
a web site that demonstrates your capabilites.
Check out the web sites of some of the ISV's out there, and build something
like what they've got and you'll get some stuff.


> For private communication off-line, my email name is sheldonlg and the
> place I live in is called thevillages and it is a dot-net type of email
> address.

Remaining anonymous is a good way to not get contacted. :)

Several years ago, I was posting a lot in VBScript newsgroups (pre-dotnet).
One day, out of the blue, because I was posting a lot of answers, MacMillan
publishing contacted me and gave me a contract to write "Teach Yourself
ActiveX Programming in 21 Days". I got a butt-load of money out of that
deal, and carrying the book to interviews gave me a LOT of (undeserved)
credibility.

That never would have happened if I'd chosen to anonymize myself.

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