We’re currently only working with a handful of tech leaders and agencies as part of our beta, so we don’t have a sign up for this just yet. I think you’d be a great fit - you can contact me at [email protected] and we can get you on board
A lot of the advice here about networking and marketing yourself is solid, but I want to address this part of your question directly - “Do you know of any project boards or feature bounty platforms to find short-term projects?”
I’ve faced a similar issue with traditional freelancing platforms, so I ended up building a platform where experienced engineers can work with agencies to manage and deliver projects. It’s a different model from traditional outsourcing, where you can either bring your own projects or get matched with ones based on your skillset. You’d be in a technical leadership role, helping build and manage a team of developers to deliver the project. You can also have as much hands-on involvement with the coding as you choose. It could be a good fit for you given your situation and experience. I’ve written a blog detailing the idea in more detail, feel free to check it out and reach out with questions - https://sourceror.co.uk/blog/how-tech-leaders-can-gain-exper...
It’s mostly that I don’t have the time, and neither do the other developers in my network (most of the time).
These are really interesting ideas - I like the consultation idea.
When it comes to referring agencies, I feel like it’s a reputation risk to me if I can’t validate the quality of the work they will produce. Any tips for this?
If you are someone who gets a lot of projects coming your way, wouldn’t you rather help people get their ideas over the line and maybe get some additional credibility and networking from it? Maybe it means more to me as I’m a little earlier in my career, but I feel like I don’t want to pass up on these opportunities.
I’m looking for ways that I can take a management role on projects and have other devs do most of the heavy coding - is this something you have tried?