Pretty much every single one of these sites is absolutely horrible if you want to maintain a western world style of wage. Not to mention, the vast majority of projects that get posted to these services are either trivial ( homework assignments? ) or because people are focused on lowest price possible. You simply cannot compete on a price point basis with Indian/Russian/etc developers.
Your best bet is to establish (reasonably) local contracts and generate as much word of mouth buzz as possible. Other than that, I would say establish a decent portfolio and make it available and people may start to seek you out. Finally, you could offer to do some initial work gratis (charities, non-profits, small-medium sized business) in an investment to get your name out there in hopes of future payoffs. Really, the biggest asset to a contract developer are his contact list and reputation. Nurture both accordingly.
One last suggestion is get in contact with headhunters that offer source short ( 3-6 month style ) contracts and ask if they will source work for you. Some will, although you of course are giving a portion of your fees up to the headhunter, but in return, it can build you a client base and definitely still provide you with contracts paying better than any online services.
If you want to work from home and get paid well to do it, you might have to try and seek out clients individually and create a web presence and advertise so people can come to you. I don't think you are going to have much success going to high-traffic sites where everyone and their brother can bid on a project. Offering personal, customizable solutions to companies problems will probably be your best bet.
I think robbotic has got it right - but I'd also add this:
Building up a reputation on sites like this one would also be a good way of showing your skills and capabilities to prospective clients to help build up that initial contact base. Once you have an established reputation with a number of clients you'll be off and running.
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如果你想维持西方世界的工资方式，那么几乎所有这些网站都绝对是可怕的。 更不用说，发布到这些服务的绝大多数项目要么微不足道（家庭作业？），要么因为人们关注尽可能最低的价格。 您根本无法在价格点上与印度/俄罗斯/等开发商竞争。
最好的选择是建立（合理的）当地合同并产生尽可能多的口碑传播。 除此之外，我想说的是，建立一个像样的投资组合并将其提供给人们，人们可能会开始寻找你。 最后，您可以提出在投资中免费做一些初步工作（慈善机构、非营利组织、中小型企业），以使您的名字出现在未来的回报中。 事实上，合同开发商最大的资产是他的联系人名单和声誉。 相应地培养两者。
最后一个建议是与提供短期（3-6 个月式）合同的猎头联系，询问他们是否愿意为您寻找工作。 有些会，虽然你当然将一部分费用交给猎头，但作为回报，它可以为你建立一个客户群，并且肯定仍然为你提供比任何在线服务支付更好的合同。
Pretty much every single one of these sites is absolutely horrible if you want to maintain a western world style of wage. Not to mention, the vast majority of projects that get posted to these services are either trivial ( homework assignments? ) or because people are focused on lowest price possible. You simply cannot compete on a price point basis with Indian/Russian/etc developers.
Your best bet is to establish (reasonably) local contracts and generate as much word of mouth buzz as possible. Other than that, I would say establish a decent portfolio and make it available and people may start to seek you out. Finally, you could offer to do some initial work gratis (charities, non-profits, small-medium sized business) in an investment to get your name out there in hopes of future payoffs. Really, the biggest asset to a contract developer are his contact list and reputation. Nurture both accordingly.
One last suggestion is get in contact with headhunters that offer source short ( 3-6 month style ) contracts and ask if they will source work for you. Some will, although you of course are giving a portion of your fees up to the headhunter, but in return, it can build you a client base and definitely still provide you with contracts paying better than any online services.
如果您想在家工作并获得丰厚的报酬，您可能必须尝试单独寻找客户，并创建一个网络形象并做广告，以便人们可以来找您。 我认为你不会在高流量网站上取得太大成功，因为每个人及其兄弟都可以对项目进行投标。 为公司问题提供个性化、可定制的解决方案可能是您最好的选择。
If you want to work from home and get paid well to do it, you might have to try and seek out clients individually and create a web presence and advertise so people can come to you. I don't think you are going to have much success going to high-traffic sites where everyone and their brother can bid on a project. Offering personal, customizable solutions to companies problems will probably be your best bet.
我认为 robbotic 说得对 - 但我还要补充一点：
在这样的网站上建立声誉也是向潜在客户展示您的技能和能力的一种好方法，以帮助建立最初的联系基础。 一旦您在众多客户中建立了良好的声誉，您就可以开始运营了。
I think robbotic has got it right - but I'd also add this:
Building up a reputation on sites like this one would also be a good way of showing your skills and capabilities to prospective clients to help build up that initial contact base. Once you have an established reputation with a number of clients you'll be off and running.