[BangPypers] [chennaipy 1126] [XPost][Slightly OT] Could you share your experiences about Python Freelance programming, from a programmer's perspective
Noufal Ibrahim
noufal at gmail.com
Mon Oct 31 15:38:05 CET 2011
Vishal <vsapre80 at gmail.com> writes:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have a friend, who's finished his education and looking for work. He
> asked me about freelance programming and I had nothing to share with
> him. Thought of getting to know this mode of professional
> programming.
I wouldn't recommend it for a fresher. It's kind of harrowing and
there's a lot of "non programming" stuff necessary to do it full time.
I would recommend that she join a startup or a small company and get
some real work experience before jumping into this.
During my initial freelancing/moonlighting days, I spent time on odesk
and other sites but didn't really get very far. All the projects I've
really done came from contacts rather than websites.
> I am trying to get a feel of how it is to do freelance
> programming...in Python..in India ?
It's not *hard* but it's not easy either. You need a reputation which
you might have straight out of college but that's not very common. I'd
recommend some time working for a regular (though small) company to cut
your teeth before getting into this full time.
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