We use newer Entity Framework (Core) in a few large projects with zero issues.
Even have Dapper and moving away from it as it brings nothing to the table but strings and bunch of SQL.
It seams to me that both of those sites are mostly US based remote jobs with some kind of visa od citizenship requirements... Any info for how to find US based jobs but willing to do c2c with EU citizen?
I think in the beginning recruiters on LinkedIn. Note however that like all parasites they will try to skim a lot off the top. Worse than that, some will try to lock you in and write in clauses saying that they should get a share of any other future contracts you might have - make sure to never sign smth like that.
Once you have a few 6 month contracts under your belt and you can get good references you can probably find things without relying on intermediaries.
This is ot but related to your Ask HN about private browsing and keeping tabs between sessions. So, Brave browser does exactly that and more. Check it out.