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Actually, I've been looking into a couple of those sites (specifically, oDesk and elance), but you really have the feeling of touching the bottom of the barrel. You find yourself competing with people from bangladesh or the likes who bid on jobs which rates are between 5$ and 10$ (USD) an hour...
I live near Venice, which let's say isn't renown for its cutting edge IT industry. Commuting to Milan, even via bullet train, would take 2 hours, which seems okay, but the job market is almost dead there as well and even if I were getting a job in Milan, the average salary would be less than...
I see, I do have expertise in some niche areas, but it's still very difficult to promote yourself for those positions when you're a thousand miles away.
eh :) I haven't phrased it properly. I meant contractors who's been working remotely (sweden) full-time for more than 3 years. This was in Dublin, though.
Thanks lad for your honest opinion,
I met people doing full work from home contracts but they were mostly regular full time contractors which arranged it with the employee after a working with it for a good amount of time.
I do have some war chest to sustain my current lifestyle, but it won't...
Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum.
I'll try to go straight to the point:
I'm a computer engineer and I've been working for a couple of years as a contractor in both UK and Ireland as a software developer/analyst, but I came back to my home country in 2012.
Now I live here in a rather remote area...