How I Joined the Outsourcing Revolution

Written by Nader Ghali


Mention “outsourcing” to a programmer and you may as well be uttering profanity. The word suggests allrepparttar evils that have befallenrepparttar 136293 Information Technology sector sincerepparttar 136294 Internet bubble burst a few years ago. We’ve been endlessly regaled with tragic tales of American companies who have closed up shop for many of their I.T. positions, only to “offshore” those same jobs to programmers overseas working for less pay than their American counterparts. A brain drain is taking place inrepparttar 136295 once highly secure computer programming profession.

Rather than cursingrepparttar 136296 darkness, however, I found myself recently lighting a candle (or makingrepparttar 136297 problem worse, depending on your perspective). You see, just over six months ago, I joinedrepparttar 136298 outsourcing revolution. I am therefore writing this article partly as a confession, my own personal “mea culpa” of complicity.

No, I haven’t put myself up onrepparttar 136299 auction block to work for Indian rupees.

What I did was stumble upon several “reverse auction” web sites for outsourcing talent. If you haven’t heard of them, they go byrepparttar 136300 name of Elance.com (the largest site to date) or Guru.com. Both of these sites give companies an opportunity to outsource their projects to freelance workers like programmers, graphic artists and writers. Freelancers from all overrepparttar 136301 world compete for open bid requests, offering to do these contract jobs for a fixed price.

I happened upon a site called Rentacoder. Unlikerepparttar 136302 two sites mentioned above, Rentacoder didn’t require a subscription fee. Their take was a straightforward commission out of each project cost. Within minutes I posted my resume and profile. Then I had a choice to make. Which projects to bid on? In addition to programming projects, they also listed writing jobs as well. I decided to bid on some ofrepparttar 136303 writing jobs first, just to see how it went, and because I had always wanted to do some freelance writing onrepparttar 136304 side.

Within my first week, I won a bid to write a document on Policies and Procedures. I completed that assignment, got paid, and then won another bid—a series of articles on stock market investing. Very soon I was addicted. I kept doing more writing…a technical white paper…web site content…economics articles…sales letters…a chapter in a novel…on and on. My payments were electronically transferred to my bank account, in New Economy style.

Top 10 Reasons You Should Quit Your Job!

Written by Celise Bealer


Tired of working your 9 to 5 job? Is overtime wearing you down? Are you barely payingrepparttar bills and just getting by while working your job? Are threats of layoffs, down sizing or restructuring looming? Do you desire more leisure time? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please read on.

Have you ever considered a home-based business? There are several legitimate home-based business opportunities available, in which you can generate high-end income.

Here arerepparttar 136284 top ten reasons I believe you should consider a home-based business:

1.Working at something you enjoy, instead of just working

2.Unlimited income potential (no salary caps here)

3.Business tax write-offs

4.No boss to answer to

5.Set your own hours

6.Work from home

7.More time to spend with family and friends

8.Take vacations whenrepparttar 136285 time feels right

9.No rush hour traffic to battle

10.No circling for a parking space

Before becoming involved with any home-based business:

·Researchrepparttar 136286 company for which you may become affiliated (what industry isrepparttar 136287 company involved; how long hasrepparttar 136288 company been in business; what isrepparttar 136289 company’s earnings - isrepparttar 136290 company profitable or in debt; what isrepparttar 136291 company’s growth potential; hasrepparttar 136292 company been featured in any publications or other media outlets; what isrepparttar 136293 company’s mission).

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