Posted by Shelly on 09/24/07 14:16

"Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
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> "Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
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>
>> 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.

You have a point there and I will consider it. As far as Monster, etc. is
concerned I don't anonymize.

Shelly

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