For any western country, $2-3k pre tax is still quite low for a good programmer.
I would argue not to take this route, as many of the clients on these websites are a pain to deal with.
An example from personal experience; when I was in college I wrote a Win32 application that ran in the background and did some stuff. I spent a couple of days on it (including research for some obscure things) and made $100. Flipping burgers would've been more profitable and the experience that I had with that client was all but 'fun'.
There are plenty of clients out there that want to pay good for good programming work.
I would argue not to take this route, as many of the clients on these websites are a pain to deal with.
An example from personal experience; when I was in college I wrote a Win32 application that ran in the background and did some stuff. I spent a couple of days on it (including research for some obscure things) and made $100. Flipping burgers would've been more profitable and the experience that I had with that client was all but 'fun'.
There are plenty of clients out there that want to pay good for good programming work.