[epolanski]

I've had few interactions with HN crowd as I've posted my availability for consulting/freelancing and I feel like I don't like the bias.

People needing freelancers for few weeks/months to complete projects where the requirements are glueing the usual APIs and solving the usual Safari bugs asking me Leetcode questions are out of their mind.

I am not applying for a full time position, I'm not a cofounder that is going to make or break your startup and no sorry I am not sharing your vision/mission whatever.

Discord is by far better for finding work in your domain and related to technologies you like, and you can ask for much more money because people already know you're experienced on the topics you share on that discord.

[herpdyderp]

I assume there are specific Discord servers per ecosystem? How do you find those?

[epolanski]

My primary domain is functional programming and effect systems (effect/zio/rio) related, all of those communities have plenty (even too many) gathering places that are one google search away or the related libraries (for me would be effect-ts, typescript and some other microsoft tooling) have official discords linked on GitHub or docs.

Another good source of work are local meetups/communities chats.

[johnnyanmac]

>Discord is by far better for finding work in your domain and related to technologies you like

I've tried to interact on a variety of gamedev discords, and the results are about as dry as LinkedIn. But I suppose probing based on the 2020's market won't garner typical results. (still, open to checking out any suggestions. Far from a census here).

Money, though... ha. Less money and usually very few VC's so you're taking a hit compared to trying to grind interviews with EA/Activision. But that's games for you.

[zakki]

Mind to share the discord server/link?

[efs24]

I’m currently working with tamagui. I interact with their discord a lot, helping people troubleshoot or asking questions. I’ve gotten a few offers to consult through that alone.

Pick a framework or library, get involved.