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19 Mar 2012, 9:03 am

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I would like to hear more about this topic, working from home, as those are the kinda jobs I am looking for atm. I have a degree in computer engineering, my main skill is programming websites, but still I find it hard to be my own boss and produce webpages/start my own small company from home. I would rather be an employee.


@Blownmind and @EXPECIALLY you may want to consider freelance programming via an outsourcing site like vWorker, Freelancer, eLance, etc. It's legitimate, professional work and you can not only work from home, but work your own hours as well. That's something I value a lot. It's like a bit like running your own business in that you have no job security whatsoever, but it's easier to find customers through those sites than just on your own, especially if you're no good at selling - and I'd imagine most of us aren't!

It's hard to get started and you'll need a lot of perseverance and perhaps some luck, but it's doable. Once you get a project you'll need to do a good job on it and generally make your employer happy to build up your reputation. That comes down to not only technical skills, but also punctuality and communication. The great thing for Aspies is that most (if not all) communication is written. You'll find vast multitudes of workers from third-world countries there and you obviously cannot compete with them on price (unless you happen to live in such a country yourself, of course!), so you must compete on quality and service. If you do a so-so job then they can do the same job for a fraction of the price. But if you do a great job you will stand out from the crowd and should be able to get a decent income out of it.

Freelancing is not limited to programming, of course. You can be a freelance graphic designer, writer or even psychic - though the latter would be a scam in my opinion. :D


Thanks, I was thinking I'd be probably try this before I have my bachelor's.

I'm loaded with school work from other classes right now but the programming classes should start soon.

:P No, I don't know how to program yet but I do enjoy "boring" repetitive things so I know I won't run away from it it screaming.


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19 Mar 2012, 10:35 am

FMX wrote:
@Blownmind and @EXPECIALLY you may want to consider freelance programming via an outsourcing site like vWorker, Freelancer, eLance, etc.
Thanks, I have registered at Elance already, but I will keep those others in mind for later. :) I've done some of the tests on Elance to gauge my skills officially. Its quite a selfconfidence boost to know e.g. that I am among the top 7% when it comes to CSS programming among all registered(of those that have taken the test ofc) on Elance. Scoring well on tests like that are also a way of getting jobs faster. It only gauge the knowledge of said programming language, not how creativly you execute it, but still, its helpful to see that what I know can actually compete with professionals(and amateurs) who actually get paid for freelance work.

My only obstacles before I duldge into something like this is how the tax returns should be filled out when I do work for a site like that. How would I pay tax? Would I have to put money on a seperate account to save for when I have to pay taxes all at once at the end of the tax-year? How would it be possible to work freelance some, and still get social security checks if I dont earn more than the limit? Many questions, potensially many forms to fill out and lots of meetings before it could be executed... and therefore lots of excuses to not try it. o.O

I'm from Norway, so if anyone have experience working like this, please share your story/experience/tips/manual, thanks. :-)



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22 Mar 2012, 3:52 am

Yes, there are work-at-home jobs that aren't BS but I'm not sure you can just go out and get one. The real ones, mostly come to people after they've been working in a particular field for a while.

My sister has one. She worked at a hospital as a medical coder. They are moving to a new standard for the coding system, so she was tasked with doing the research for implementation (when they should start, how they should do it, etc). Anyway she's calling around and all these other hospitals she's calling, offer her work, because they all need more coders to do their own update, so she works out a contract with one, to help them out a bit on the side. That just snowballed, so now, she's quit her dayjob and is working as an independant contractor from home, doing work for hospitals all over the country.

That's where the real work-at-home jobs are, I think. Mostly self-employed contractors, mostly with a unique professional service to provide, mostly with a good deal of experience in their field. I don't think you can just pick up a job as one, like that, unless it's a tech support job (lot of those actually are work at home, just reduces overhead as opposed to maintaining a call centre).



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29 Mar 2012, 3:12 pm

I've seen a few online social marketing jobs(promoting a company on twitter/facebook etc) that are based at home also web design/updating web sites. I wouldn't mind a job like that.



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20 May 2012, 3:59 pm

I have been doing online surveys' for a variety of survey sites. I won't mention names because that is not permitted here, but a variet of sites' offer the chance to earn cash, giftcards' and gifts'. Some of the sites' even send free stuff for you to try out and review. I really enjoy that. I also, have entered and on occasion won some online sweepstakes. I averagely win 2-3 sweepstakes per year. It is fun to get something in the mail that I would not ordinarily buy myself. This past Christmas I won a Ted Baker giftcard for $400 and got a bunch of nice stuff from their site. :D :D



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20 May 2012, 4:52 pm

This thread actually just gave me an idea: Ghost Writing - you know, type out someone's handwritten play, book, movie, poem, letter, article, whatever. I guess advertising in the local journals like PennySavers or weekly journals or the internet can bring customers. Cool job which can be done from the comforts of your home. I think I might look into this next week.