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    charlieg
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    So, I got an invite from someone to check out remote.com - looks like another job board of sorts. Just curious if anyone has earned anything there? I'm always poking around for new and lucrative things to do, but my queue is so full right now, I think I'm psychotic....

    Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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      So, I got an invite from someone to check out remote.com - looks like another job board of sorts. Just curious if anyone has earned anything there? I'm always poking around for new and lucrative things to do, but my queue is so full right now, I think I'm psychotic....

      Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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      j snooze
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      The subject of your message sounded promising until I read it was a job site and not a lost and found funded by those thieving couch cushion elves.

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        So, I got an invite from someone to check out remote.com - looks like another job board of sorts. Just curious if anyone has earned anything there? I'm always poking around for new and lucrative things to do, but my queue is so full right now, I think I'm psychotic....

        Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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        Marc Clifton
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        Similar to [Remote Jobs: Design, Programming, Rails, Executive, Marketing, Copywriting, and more.](https://weworkremotely.com/) there's not a single C# posting - these sites tend to be Ruby / PHP / etc. The few jobs I applied for on weworkremotely I never got a reply from, not even a "thanks but no thanks. So, worthless IMO.

        Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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          Similar to [Remote Jobs: Design, Programming, Rails, Executive, Marketing, Copywriting, and more.](https://weworkremotely.com/) there's not a single C# posting - these sites tend to be Ruby / PHP / etc. The few jobs I applied for on weworkremotely I never got a reply from, not even a "thanks but no thanks. So, worthless IMO.

          Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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          Graham Cottle
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          I got invited a couple of years ago, when it was called Branded.Me (I think). It got changed to Remote.com and my login ceased to work unless I integrated it with Facebook or Linked In, neither of which I was willing to do. But, yes, it seemed to be another job site of some kind and wasn't much use.

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            So, I got an invite from someone to check out remote.com - looks like another job board of sorts. Just curious if anyone has earned anything there? I'm always poking around for new and lucrative things to do, but my queue is so full right now, I think I'm psychotic....

            Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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            F ES Sitecore
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            Thanks for the heads-up, I love hearing about new opportunities to write entire e-commerce systems for people for $300. I gots bills to pay!

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              So, I got an invite from someone to check out remote.com - looks like another job board of sorts. Just curious if anyone has earned anything there? I'm always poking around for new and lucrative things to do, but my queue is so full right now, I think I'm psychotic....

              Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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              Pete OHanlon
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              Isn't this the new name for RentACoder? We used to have a laugh at the requests on there. Things like: "Wanted: New operating system. Must have unique brand but be able to play all Windows applications. Budget: $30"

              This space for rent

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                Similar to [Remote Jobs: Design, Programming, Rails, Executive, Marketing, Copywriting, and more.](https://weworkremotely.com/) there's not a single C# posting - these sites tend to be Ruby / PHP / etc. The few jobs I applied for on weworkremotely I never got a reply from, not even a "thanks but no thanks. So, worthless IMO.

                Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                Nish Nishant
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                Did you accidentally quote more than $11.25/hour, Marc? That may explain the lack of responses. :-D

                Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com

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                  Did you accidentally quote more than $11.25/hour, Marc? That may explain the lack of responses. :-D

                  Nish Nishant Consultant Software Architect Ganymede Software Solutions LLC www.ganymedesoftwaresolutions.com

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                  Marc Clifton
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                  Nish Nishant wrote:

                  Did you accidentally quote more than $11.25/hour, Marc?

                  That must be it. I quoted infinity, as you can't pay me enough to code in Ruby. ;)

                  Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                    So, I got an invite from someone to check out remote.com - looks like another job board of sorts. Just curious if anyone has earned anything there? I'm always poking around for new and lucrative things to do, but my queue is so full right now, I think I'm psychotic....

                    Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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                    charlieg
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                    And here's my sign :) Thought I'd ask. I had to provide all sorts of details before I could see any ideas on money. I'll keep working within my contacts. Thanks for the laughs

                    Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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                      Thanks for the heads-up, I love hearing about new opportunities to write entire e-commerce systems for people for $300. I gots bills to pay!

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                      MSBassSinger
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                      What is the going rate for code monkeys in Bangalore? :)

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                        So, I got an invite from someone to check out remote.com - looks like another job board of sorts. Just curious if anyone has earned anything there? I'm always poking around for new and lucrative things to do, but my queue is so full right now, I think I'm psychotic....

                        Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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                        Are there any legitimate sites for programmers wanting side projects?

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                          What is the going rate for code monkeys in Bangalore? :)

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                          F ES Sitecore
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                          $200 for an e-commerce system, but I managed to bump them up to $300. Even got them to add a few lines to the original spec of; "E-commerce system like Amazon, must be #1 for google search".

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                            Are there any legitimate sites for programmers wanting side projects?

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                            There are legitimate sites (freelancer.com), the problem is the clients. "All code must be on our servers, project must be finished before payment is made, you must be an absolute sucker".

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                              There are legitimate sites (freelancer.com), the problem is the clients. "All code must be on our servers, project must be finished before payment is made, you must be an absolute sucker".

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                              What he said. There is actually a need in the market place. The problem is finding decent people to do the work (if they are decent, they tend to be very busy) for people who have no idea how to find them. I'll give you an example... in the days when there were newsgroups, and I know they still live, I would follow CE related development issues... Someone worked for a company who was managing a convention or something. They had numerous ticket scanners (running CE) that could read a barcode. They wanted an app that would collect scanned tickets on each device, save the results to a file. At the end of a convention, they would collect the devices, remove the files and pull them all into a spreadsheet. So this guy posted a query if anyone was out there that could do something like that... yeah, I can and did do that. But think about the environment... this guy had no clue who I was. I had no clue who he was. Some risk, but after some phone calls and emails, he had his code, I had my money, all were happy. I think if you really want to do freelance work - small jobs I'm thinking of - it's not going to happen on these websites. You need to get out there in local groups and network. I hate saying that word. Network. Call it street cred. It's priceless. Code Project is a good start.

                              Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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