[yomansat]

I looked up the freelance job in question, it pays $36 for a 215 page publication from the 80s, including checking where automation has failed.

A question to those who do freelance work: sites like Upwork often have low budgets, where do you guys find better projects with better compensation?

[iDemonix]

I gave up with all of them. A friend of mine is using Upwork and Freelancer (awful) to find gigs, and he tried to get me involved so I could help him out with overspill. It seemed like you had to put ludicrously low rates to get terrible work, and despite paying peanuts, everyone expects amazing results.

I ditched it, joined some communities online, did a tiny bit of networking, and announced I was looking for work related to X - that was far more fruitful than sending 10 pitches a day for gigs on those sites and getting nothing in response because someone in India will do it for a dollar. Although I did love seeing the same projects re-appear a week later to fix the crap that their offshore team delivered.

[xrisk]

I'm from India and I'm horrified that so many people are willing to do work for nothing or next to nothing...

[yomansat]

I see... Thanks for sharing. I think what we seem to be after is contracting/consulting work rather than freelancing, the naming is what'll set the tone.

[herbst]

Haven't worked below 60$/ for fun things and 80$/h for boring things on Upwork without much reputation. Sure I could find a better paid job, but if you can sell yourself as skilled you don't have to be afraid of the averagely low numbers on there

[bsdpunk]

Actually, it was a project, I priced out at $100. Thinking I could rip through it easily. It took me longer than I thought I am sad to admit, even with my rough pipes, and multiple sed and greppings :)

edit: And the catalog was 1048 pages long not counting the index.