Offer HN: ruby development

I'm a self taught programmer. I'm trying to pick up freelance ruby work but lack of "real" experience is proving to be a barrier. I've tried odesk and elance but the clients on there are sometimes very exploitative and don't really care for quality work.

I know ruby, rails from 2.3 up (including 3.1 and the new asset pipeline goodness) and a host of common gems. I'm also good with javascript and html/css. Git, TDD and readable, commented code come as standard.

I'm willing to work for up to 10 hrs a week at no charge for you or your organisation if you're willing to provide a reference in return. Please contact me on hnoffer at gmail if you'd like to discuss further.