You could Rent me for coding..

Well, hmmmm... I have finally thrown the towel in for the freelance coder sites. The sites I guess are great for some coders but for me I have found committing yourself to a set flat rate is a disaster waiting to happen. On one site, I committed myself to a very small project but then found myself working for peanuts and creating an application that could possibly produce over thousands of dollars for my client. I mean don't get me wrong I love coding for my clients but there comes a time when you have to factor in your time spent, the time lost with your family, the money they might possibly make off your project. Then in the end you finally start to realize wow this is a complete waste of time.

Second, competing with people from third world countries becomes very hard since their cost of living is way lower. For them it might possibly be profitable but for me it was a loss both in the pocketbook and the time spent. What really made me decide it was not a good choice even though I enjoyed helping other build an application.. The time I lost with family.. That is something that can not be replaced.. So I just pulled the plug and threw in the towel.. I felt horrible afterward but sooner or later something grand might come along!

The only thing I am bummed out about professionally is the project was enjoyable: A serial logger that logged the data to a MySQL database. I enjoyed creating it and as always learned something new while programming it in Microsoft Visual Studio utilizing the Windows C API.

Libraries I could recommend after programming this:
Regular Expressions: PCRE Library is great!
Boost Library: Pretty decent Serial Routines!
SQLite: Just an awesome embedded SQL application!