[ahallock]

Are you speaking from experience? I've found plenty of great gigs on these freelancing sites. You just have to dig a bit and know what the "crap" jobs are, so you can avoid them altogether. The world is not underbidding you. Most times, you negotiate directly with the client and the bids are just a formality.

[firasd]

Fair point; although I’ve done a fair amount of work as an external developer I haven’t actually tried to get work on those sites.