Which freelance exchange to choose for the admin?

Question

linux

In general, I would like to start working in such an area as Linux server administration services and everything connected with it. Organize backup, monitoring, deploy web server configuration. Well, all related tasks. But since I have never dealt with freelancing, choosing a worthy exchange for work will most likely be difficult and time-consuming. Therefore, advice is needed. Please write your opinions on which exchanges it is better to concentrate your efforts from the very beginning, so that in the future it would not be a shame for wasted time. Any advice on how to get first customers, start word of mouth, etc. is also welcome. How to combine with the main job for hire, at what point is it right to leave. Thank you.

Answer 1

It is logical to choose two leaders in the rush free-lance.ru and weblancer
In the west , odesk and elance
Well, the topic of how I work as an administrator on odesk
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Answer 2

I advise you to start by monitoring the most popular exchanges of the Russian-speaking Internet:
freelansim.ru
fl.ru
weblancer.net
freelancehunt.com
freelance.ru
1 month of monitoring, and you will see for yourself which exchanges will provide the necessary amount of work. And whether they will give the necessary one - it is possible to find other sources of customers to the freelance exchanges themselves.

Answer 3

For example, I have been cooperating with one admin for 4 years already, as my friends need something with servers, I immediately recommend him. And we met him on fl.ru when he did an order for parser programming for me. Word for word, it turns out he is also an administrator.
He helped out a lot, once the employees of the raid host set it up incorrectly - he saw it in time, corrected it.
U.P. And with work for hire - the tasks are mostly small, or you can do it straight from work, or if not urgently, then in the evening. For the administrator, the main thing is accessibility. Have Skype or means of communication on your phone so that my server falls down - I could ask for help as soon as possible.

Answer 4

You can start on any, for the admin IMHO Elance.com is more convenient, but most likely you will quickly go to word of mouth in addition to the exchange, because. admins are needed for support and not for one-time tasks, it’s easier to find the right amount of adequate customers for yourself and leave the exchange. The main minus of the exchange for the admin is that there are many times more talks about solving the task, methods and conditions than it is spent on solving the task itself. Personally, I hung on the stock exchange for 2 months, then customers began to advise their friends and for 5 years already, as soon as it was on word of mouth, I don’t even remember the password for accounting on the stock exchange.