Hi all! I'm in a bit of a pickle right now as a client has again delayed payment for work that occupied my last few months and my rent is due by Friday! I've tried vworker/freelancer.com but either the projects are too onerous for the pittance offered - or the work is too long term to help. Rather than the usual suspects for offshore dev shops, I'm hoping there's something I'm not aware of.<p>Do you know of anywhere a UK based developer can find quick projects to get this money together? I'm a very experienced PHP developer and I can design too.<p>Thanks!
You'd probably have more luck finding work at meetup. There's an HN Meetup in London tomorrow. <a href="http://bit.ly/YzG6eN" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/YzG6eN</a>
It could be tough to get some tech gig within such a short time, that too for that much amount.
I can think of only the following options.
- Try to contact any training institutes near you where you could quickly give PHP lessons.
- Try subletting your place and get some cash in hand.
- At the same time, try to find some online work.
- Find some part time work - non-tech related or even manual work.<p>Wish you good luck
Could you get a bank loan to cover it?<p>You are a business, presumably with a track record of getting paid, so if you don't already have a loan, that could be a good option. Even the fact you haven't been paid for a while shouldn't create too much of a problem if you explain the situation (that you have been working), and e.g. produce a contract.
I just got done reading this thread:
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4585435" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4585435</a><p>One of the things people suggested was contacting every web/dev shop around you. The good ones usually have more work than they can handle.
It's Tuesday now. So you need $785usd by Friday... Hmm, I have a web application that needs work done but I'm not sure I have enough projects specc'd out to occupy that much time.