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224 points shinypenguin | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source

Hello HN

In a short form question: If you do, where do you look for a short time projects?

I'd like to put my skill set to use and work on a project, I'm available for 6-9 months. The problem seems to be for me, that I cannot find any way of finding such project.

I'm quite skilled, I have 15 years of experience, first 3 as a system administrator, then I went full on developer - have been full stack for 2 of those years, then switched my focus fully on the backend - and ended up as platform data engineer - optimizing the heck out of systems to be able to process data fast and reliably at larger scale.

I already went through UpWork, Toptal and such and to my disappointment, there was no success to be found.

Do you know of any project boards, or feature bounty platforms, that I could use to find a short time project?

Thank you for your wisdom :)

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james_marks ◴[] No.43354345[source]
Publishing articles, etc to demo your skill helps you stay top of mind.

Even if only the 5 people in your network see it, they are the 5 people that need that steady reminder of your skills and availability.

I’ve also hired people outside my network this way, when I happened to stumble on someone with a great article in the exact thing I’m working on.

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bob1029 ◴[] No.43354370[source]
I've started thinking about this. Articles/blogs/repos to generate interesting opportunities.

It's one thing to network and talk about your skills. It's a different thing to demonstrate them.

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1. brudgers ◴[] No.43354925[source]
Yes they are different. Sales is much much harder.

Clients don’t care about your skills.

Clients care if you can solve their actual problems.