Not sure if off-topic, but what’s the best way to go about finding coding gigs at the moment? Need some urgent funds so need to reach out to people somehow.

I think of linkedin as a facebook for businesses leading you open to being spammed by agencies, which I don’t really want.

Though I have years of experience of coding across many languages and fields (audio, computer vision, e-commerce backends, etc), and github accounts over the years with some pushes to the core of a few major projects, I haven’t really kept the accounts, and past projects have nearly always been back-ends for clients so can’t exactly add them to a portfolio.

Languages I’m currently using would be python / php (including symfony and laravel), though happy to switch to javascript/html coding, some c/c++ etc, so I’m not tied to one area I guess.

Is there a decent place to advertise or, is there a better way lately? Thanks

  • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    22 hours ago

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    Things I learned the hard way:

    • Never agree on anything until can see the existing code and talk about everything.
    • Milestone payments only. Stay away from any lump sum payments or percentage cuts.
    • Full payments in escrow first.
    • Never reply to people you don’t know who seek you out, only seek out jobs.
    • In first contacts ask questions first, don’t talk about qualifications. If questions good then customer knows you know the tech well.
    • Learn to walk away if instincts kick in
    • Deello@lemm.ee
      4·
      21 hours ago
      • Never reply to people you don’t know who seek you out, only seek out jobs.

      Just want to add to this. Don’t take job postings at face value. There are also employment scams to be wary of. Verify as much of their info as you can before you give any PII. Just because you found them on a legit site, doesn’t mean that the job ad is real. The only thing stopping you from getting scammed is yourself. Stay vigilant.

      • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        21 hours ago

        This, what you said, is so important. In my years doing my own business, I have had literally hundreds of scammers, some smarter than me. Its best to just not even try to talk to people trying to contact you first in these platforms.

        And many many scammers will post jobs, and one cannot tell by seeing if this is a new account. Some of my multi year assignments have been initiated by sketchy new accounts. At the same time existing accounts of clients usually have their own preferred coders. If you get to talk to an existing account with a history, check out the reviews and be wary. There may be a reason they are seeking out new blood.

        I think its ok to go off site to talk to the new job candidates. Often, cannot have decent conversations in platform. And an in depth talk is free for all, and will often give clues in the first few minutes of talk.