How much money do you want to earn? If you want $20-$40k then you can make that pretty easily freelance, even in your first year, a lot more with experience and contacts. If you want $100-$250k then you're probably going to need experience at the right places, a bit of luck, and a visa for US/UK/Aus etc, or your own product/company.
I had a recruiter turn me down for a job interview as I didn't have experience with 'Marcos' on my CV. I think he meant Macros, but I was too busy laughing to find out.
I have been wondering when someone will step up and make a decent alternative to LinkedIn for a while. It's a truly awful site, the sole reason I have not yet deleted it is I have no other easy way of keeping track of professional relationships.. there are no other redeeming features though, everything else seems very poorly implemented, uninteresting, or exploitative.
Freelance C# developer with 4 years commercial experience. Projects have been everything from automated manufacturing test and reporting systems to websites. Quick to pick up new technologies. Interested in meeting more clients, finding projects, or joining a company working on something interesting.
Technologies: Odd mix. Qualified Control Engineer (MSc) but generally C#, MySQL, Mono, Solidworks. Generalist with a good mind for Systems design and architecture. (And anything technological!)
Resume: Say hi first!
Email: jobs at writemy dot email (anon email)
I'm an Engineer with ~5 years C# experience. I have a keen interest in most things technical. I like to learn and because of that tend to pick things up quite fast. Currently doing freelance work for a few companies and looking to make contacts with others and see if there's anything else interesting out there. Also looking at bidding on smaller govt projects soon if anyone fancies teaming up.