Side/Freelance Work

Question

Hi HN,It's taking more time than we planned to raise and my savings are starting to decrease.My background is in portfolio management (managing money at an asset manager/hedge fund) and software engineering (data science/data infrastructure).I'm wondering what resources I should be using to find freelance work/part-time work to pay the bills.So far, I've done a few things on Upwork, but there's not enough fitting jobs to make good money. I've also done the whole process of Toptal but was told (at the end, great!) that there is no portfolio management jobs on the platform...Where can I find part-time employment/freelance jobs in portfolio management/data science/data infrastructure these days?

pythonbase · Accepted Answer

Here are few resources to help you find freelance work:
1. Monthly freelance thread on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31947296
2. Reddit /r/forhire https://www.reddit.com/r/forhire/new/
3. Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) - search for freelance work, reach out to prospects / recruiters.

dieselgate · Answer

When you ask &ldquo;where can I find part-time employment&hellip;&rdquo; do you mean a place to find work or a field/sub-field to work in? Not suggesting you make a huge pivot but maybe try adding some services/areas of competency to target for work. Everyone is different, though, when I&rsquo;m in freelance mode I&rsquo;ll basically do anything that pays right.

TekMol · Answer

When you say portfolio management, what do you mean? Who would be your typical customer?