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Subject:RE: oDesk work (was: Can this career be saved?) From:"Will Husa Documentation Solutions" <will -dot- husa -at- 4techwriter -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Jun 2011 10:49:21 -0500
I'm currently pursuing oDesk for side work, but thanks to Keith's advice,
I'll only look at hourly projects.
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Will Husa
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Subject: oDesk work (was: Can this career be saved?)
I did a lot of work through oDesk in 2009 and 2010. As pointed out, the pay
rates are pretty low. The highest rate I ever got was $20/hr. On a site
like that you are competing against a lot of people from places like India
and the Philippines, where they will work for $2 an hour.
But, it is a way to get survival money if you don't have any other job, or
to supplement your income if you do. They pay through PayPal.
Be VERY wary of taking fixed-price jobs through oDesk. There is a problem
with ripoffs - employers who take your work and then refuse to pay. oDesk
says they have no way to guarantee payment on fixed price jobs, so you're
taking a big risk on them. I know one person who was robbed of $1000 that
way. I suggest if you do take a fixed price job on oDesk, encrypt the final
delivery to the customer and don't give them the key to decrypt the product
until the pay is in hand.
--- On Tue, 6/7/11, Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
From: Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com>
Subject: Re: Can this career be saved?
To: "Milan Davidović" <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 7:15 PM
Sara Needleman of the WSJ writes about career/workplace issues at WSJ.
2011/6/7 Milan Davidović <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Will Husa Documentation Solutions
> <will -dot- husa -at- 4techwriter -dot- com> wrote:
> > My advice to someone returning to the workforce would be to look at
> oDesk.
> > Although the pay is generally low, there are opportunities to grow and
> build
> > a reputation.
>
> Sounds like there might be a useful story there -- do you know someone
> who has taken that route?
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