The Neophyte Freelancer

February 27, 2011 In an effort to address the clamor of Philippine contractors for a better withdrawal method, oDesk announced the beta launch of the Local Fund Transfer method. This new method is being considered as a low cost, direct (to Philippine...

February 14, 2011 “Love is the revelation of our deepest personal meaning, value, and identity. But this revelation remains impossible as long as we are the prisoner of our own egoism. I cannot find myself in myself, but only in another. My tru...

January 7, 2011 Its good news for Philippine contractors!  Thank you, oDesk, for finding ways for us to save on withdrawal fees.  I always use my Payoneer Debitcard, and seldom my Paypal, but these two payment facilities charge more compared to the...

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passe...

November 15, 2010 There are lots of advantages to having many skills.  Your marketability as a freelancer/contractor is greater since you can fit into many different jobs. I remember last July when I was scanning  job posts  and chanced upon an ad...

October 26, 2010 Ever since I started earning on oDesk, I have always used my Payoneer debitcard for my fund withdrawals. Not only is it convenient but the exchange rate is more or less close to prevailing rates. I added Paypal as another payment met...

September 10, 2010 As promised, here are some of the very interesting updates on my oDesk milestones….let’s start with this one: I have said before that I prefer to work on hourly basis than fixed price due to a lot of cases where contrac...