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Finding coding gigs nowadays (self.programming)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by 0101100101 to c/programming

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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

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[–] FizzyOrange 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not sure about freelance, but for a salary in my experience, answer some recruiter spam on LinkedIn. I always thought they'd be crap since they are spammy... But after using some I've totally changed my mind. At least in my industry (silicon verification):

Companies use them.
You get a foot in the door & can bypass all the HR crap.
They know all of the relevant companies. I learnt about my current company from the recruiter.
They give you some hints about the interview process.
They do all of the chasing up for you.

Also, they get a big payoff if you get a job, so their interests are more or less aligned with yours. The only slight difference is that they just want you to get any job, so they might push you to a job you don't really want. But it's minor.

Basically you get a lot of benefits for using them and you aren't paying the cost - the company is. They won't pay that cost to you if you don't use a recruiter and save them cash, so there's no real reason not to use a recruiter.

It may be very different for less niche sectors; I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

The only slight difference is that they just want you to get any job, so they might push you to a job you don't really want.

A decent recruiter should push you towards any job they think you'll do well at. They want to build relationships with companies and maintain a good relationship. They might not always be knowledgeable about skill sets and quirks of every industry, however.

There are a few who will just push anyone to any job but they tend to be easy to weed out and either don't last long or find a very specific niche where they can get away with that behavior.