Ask HN: How can I switch to remote freelancing?

10 points by traxtech 13y ago ↗ HN

I'm a full-stack Java/J2EE engineer in France that until now worked on soul-crushing projects for big corps (mainly high-traffic web portals and almost-realtime data analytics). I'm moving from the city to the countryside; to work on bootstraped startup projects (expect an annoncement soon) and to do some remote freelancing. I won't be able to find some Java remote freelance gigs in France, so I'll guess I'll have to go "international". Do you have some clues on how to make this transition ? I don't really have a network to leverage and cannot get back to previous big-corp customers (they never allow remote working).

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whichdan 13y ago ↗

Update your resume, set up a portfolio site, publish anything you can to GitHub, and hit up the monthly WhoIsHiring Freelancers thread[1]. Beyond that, just follow any "how to start freelancing" guides.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring

traxtech 13y ago ↗

Thanks. I planned to participate in the next WhoIsHiring, but Java is not loved a lot here (I did some Ruby but that's more anecdotal)