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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5 million jobs.

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Twitter Link Roundup #63 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – [link]. A Two-part Rule for Naming Your Startup – [link]. Mobile Development Toolkit – [link]. Interview with a crowdSPRING Designer – Dana (from Romania) – [link]. Process – [link]. – [link].

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

years as a software developer I decided I wanted a change. I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe.

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