What's the best way for my 16 year old to get entry level programming projects for a few bucks?

My son has taken programming courses and has won a few contests. What's the best way to get some commercial work, even for a small renumeration?

What's the best way for my 16 year old to get entry level programming projects for a few bucks?
Really depends on how capable he is, and what areas of expertise he has. At his age I think the most important thing is not making some money, but rather extending his experience and building a portfolio. Open source projects are a great place for that. He should look at Freshmeat and Sourceforge and try and find a project that interests him, and have him start contributing to it.





Successful contribution to an Open Source project can open a lot of doors, and lead to contributions from users, customization work for hire, and even jobs.





Another angle is simply to have him create something he personally would find useful-- a utility or program that solves some small problem. Writing a program like that is a great educational experience, which can also turn into a real busines. There are any number of small programming projects which started out as shareware or freeware exercises, and eventually became multi-million dollar enterprises.





With that said, the greatest demand for commodity programming is website development. It's a very difficult field to do well, as it requires understanding of a lot of different interconnecting disciplines. There are many sites where people advertise for programmers. The problem is that without a portfolio, it will be very hard to win any of those deals.
Reply:Try these websites:


http://www.elance.com/p/landing-pages/fr...


http://www.odesk.com/?gclid=CK3kxuDc0YgC...





Although, you may need to register in his name to be able to accept payment as he is underage.