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Running a café while working as an IT engineer
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Mr. E (male in 30s)
After graduation I joined an IT venture company and worked as a systems engineer for 6 years before becoming an independent IT engineer. Now my wife and I run a café, and I use leisure time to work as a system developer through crowdsourcing.
While I was working in a company, it was my dream to own a café one day. I came across crowdsourcing through the Internet and determined that "I can make a living by taking system development work through this without being employed by a company", and became independent 3 years ago. Now my wife and I own our dream café and are able to spend more time with the family. I mainly do system development work obtained through crowdsourcing while the café is not busy or after closing time.
It was difficult to get orders immediately after registration to a crowdsourcing site. I could not get well-paid jobs before my participation history eventually grew. However, I tried not to be impatient and worked sincerely. I gradually built up my record by repeating "search and apply", and started to win some clients who place continuous orders. Also, the probability of winning new orders has naturally improved. Recently, crowdworkers are creating teams to take on large projects that one cannot do alone.
