How do you find a side job?
cperciva: My current strategy for finding side jobs is to wait for them to come to me.  I have it easy -- I have widely recognized expertise in several narrow fields.The biggest hurdle I've faced is US tax paperwork -- companies like to ask for W-8 forms.  Fortunately I recently had a client with a tax lawyer on staff, and I now know that being a non-resident working outside of the country means that I'm not subject to US tax withholding and no paperwork is required.I've never bothered with escrow; if I'm sufficiently uncertain about a potential client that I would even consider escrow, it's a client I don't want.  This is in part because of the nature of the work I do -- fly-by-night operations generally can't afford my rates and don't need my expertise anyway.