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Spec Work and Crowdsourcing: Gambles that Don't Pay Off

Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 27, 2009
Average: 3.6 (68 votes)
The economy's in the toilet and you're hungry for jobs, so you're working on spec or posting designs to sites like CrowdSpring. It's understandable. The problem is, spec and crowdsourcing can lower your value and hourly rates so far that minimum wage looks like a fat paycheck. Here's what to do instead.