Freelancing as a 14 year old

[³²³]

Just turned 14. Basically I have no resume except for a 4.0 GPA every semester & some volunteer service (I think.. 150+ hours total)
So over the summer I'm going to get a few jobs.
They are: selling parts to things at my dad's work, (robotics comp), and working as a counselor at some kids camp for 8$ an hour (30hrs total).

Have 130$ in my paypal already...

Should I freelance in VB? not huge projects just 15$ here and there..

About one week ago I sucked at programming lol. Somehow this week I have brought it together( mostly on sick days and staying up till 3 (probably why I'm sick lol.))

Solved my friend's problem of painting custom controls on tabcontrols and handling onclick and etc..
that's just one of the things.





SO TELL ME, MPGH: SHOULD I FREELANCE YET? OR STUDY MORE.

[whit]

Theres no way you went from Suck to Awesome in one week...Keep Studying
I find some of the 30$ Projects on there overwhelming

but How bout you send me 30$ so i can set up my Freelancer account

[why06]

Both. I see no harm in either, if ur awesome (don't tell them ur age) u may pick something up, if not you'll realize how much you suck, and go hit MSDN hard, and those books. I looked at Freelancer.com today, and my experience was very much the latter, and I've been studying for 2 years, 4 if you count my time with Java in highschool. One thing which always seems to be completely consistent is that there is always, bigger fish in a bigger pond. And I suppose even outside of the freelancer stuff there's the real dev companies, so be prepared to get your feet wet.

[freedompeace]

Go for it. Do what you can do, don't do what you can't. (duh)

Also, don't mention your age, and act mature - this is the beauty of the internet.

[Jason]

Both. I see no harm in either, if ur awesome (don't tell them ur age) u may pick something up, if not you'll realize how much you suck, and go hit MSDN hard, and those books. I looked at Freelancer.com today, and my experience was very much the latter, and I've been studying for 2 years, 4 if you count my time with Java in highschool. One thing which always seems to be completely consistent is that there is always, bigger fish in a bigger pond. And I suppose even outside of the freelancer stuff there's the real dev companies, so be prepared to get your feet wet.

It's just a case of picking the right job. You generally have to pass up quite a few jobs that are pretty complex and the author is a stingy fuck only willing to pay out $30 for it, but in my experience on FL there's always a couple of doable jobs (not that i looked in the C++ section). VB jobs on a site like freelancer are sooo hotly contested though, you'll rarely get picked.

Learn PHP

[freedompeace]

It's just a case of picking the right job. You generally have to pass up quite a few jobs that are pretty complex and the author is a stingy fuck only willing to pay out $30 for it, but in my experience on FL there's always a couple of doable jobs (not that i looked in the C++ section). VB jobs on a site like freelancer are sooo hotly contested though, you'll rarely get picked.

Learn PHP

Jobs on freelancer.com are awesome :3

There are a lot of jobs that require a brain (rather than just coding experience), which aren't that hard to win (:

But freelancer.com is probably one of the worst places to freelance. The employers are generally very stingy, and choose the lowest bid, only to have the employee not finish it.

[whit]

Jobs on freelancer.com are awesome :3

There are a lot of jobs that require a brain (rather than just coding experience), which aren't that hard to win (:

But freelancer.com is probably one of the worst places to freelance. The employers are generally very stingy, and choose the lowest bid, only to have the employee not finish it.

Is there any other Freelance Sites ?
Preferable Free Signup

[freedompeace]

Is there any other Freelance Sites ?
Preferable Free Signup

I use elance (elance.com) and oDesk (odesk.com). They are much better than freelancer.com :)

[Jason]

Jobs on freelancer.com are awesome :3

There are a lot of jobs that require a brain (rather than just coding experience), which aren't that hard to win (:

But freelancer.com is probably one of the worst places to freelance. The employers are generally very stingy, and choose the lowest bid, only to have the employee not finish it.

Freelancer.com can frankly suck my right nut. Worst site in the fucking world. They take 10% or $5 (whichever gives them more money) from each job. Then, to withdraw funds you have to have $30+ (so if you do a $30 job, you'll end up with $25 after they bitch you, and you can't withdraw it til you do another) and then the first time you withdraw funds, you have to wait for a 15 WORKING day delay before they even process it. Then they also charge you to withdraw as well. So bloody annoying.

[freedompeace]

Freelancer.com can frankly suck my right nut. Worst site in the fucking world. They take 10% or $5 (whichever gives them more money) from each job. Then, to withdraw funds you have to have $30+ (so if you do a $30 job, you'll end up with $25 after they bitch you, and you can't withdraw it til you do another) and then the first time you withdraw funds, you have to wait for a 15 WORKING day delay before they even process it. Then they also charge you to withdraw as well. So bloody annoying.

Wrong. They take the $5 from the employer, you get your $30.

And freelancer.com is great for those who have no experience. I prefer oDesk though - great rates

[whit]

I use elance (elance.com) and oDesk (odesk.com). They are much better than freelancer.com

Daum on oDesk that want stuff liker antiviruses made...
I gotta learn Web Development

[³²³]

I'm probably going to sign up on elance. oDesk asks for you to sign a W9 IRS form

[freedompeace]

I'm probably going to sign up on elance. oDesk asks for you to sign a W9 IRS form

no it doesn't 0.o

At least the payment is financially sane !!!! And employers aren't cheap and some will hire you for ~$30 an hour.

[³²³]

I just bid on a few easy projects to start.. not joking, one of them is making a program that creates iso files.. / easy 20£(32$)

on freelancer.. Because oDesk wanted an IRS form signed electronically and Elance's test system is down (so I can't bid).

[whit]

I just bid on a few easy projects to start.. not joking, one of them is making a program that creates iso files.. / easy 20£(32$)

on freelancer.. Because oDesk wanted an IRS form signed electronically and Elance's test system is down (so I can't bid).

Um link me to that Project Job
Maybe they'll take my lower bid