recently i've ran into somewhat of a rut in life and well had to quit my job and move away due to woman issues, anyways while I look for another position I was looking into doing some online contract work for some cash while I wait for a position to open in my area. Basically i'm wondering if people can offer some insight into how hard this would be or if it would be worth my effort etc, I recently graduated so my experience level of actual industry programming is under a year tho i've done some plugins, backends for sites, custom forum mods and a variety of programs in my spare time, not to mention the programs I did in school. I'm basically looking at C++/VB/ASP/PHP/C# as possibilites for coding applications and am basically looking for advice. Currently i'm working for my mothers friend but its not field related and I would prefer to do something where I can get some more experience. Thanks, Geoff

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My brother uses this site off and on during the year to make some extra money and gain experience

You may also be interested in getting a domain name and building a small site to showcase what you do, then try to tunnel contract work through there. With RentACoder they take a piece of the action, and you're always trying to be the lowest bidder so really the people making out are the people hiring you and RentACoder.

for a showcase I have some work but nothing special so far, is there something I should aim for examples, like things that people are interested in, or is it more or a do whatever you feel like, make it look good, do a good job and post it up there type thing.