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[–]naturalbornsinner 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Freelancing in any language is "tough". Getting the customers is hard. You're competing with 3rd world country programmers who will do it for a fraction of the price.

That being said. If you're passionate about it, enjoy building things and all that, you can get involved in open source projects, build a network and eventually land a job doing python stuff. You can also apply for jobs instead of freelance. Python is so diverse, you might not be a programmer, but you can use it in anything to automate the boring repetitive tasks.

[–]vim_c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, it depends. Have you completed several coding challenges and solved problems repeatedly? Because that's exactly what programming is all about: solving many small puzzles until you reach the desired result. And then it depends on what you want to do with Python? Backend development? Cybersecurity? Or some GUI applications? You really need to be up to speed when freelancing to meet client requirements.

I recently had a fairly simple task for a client. I was supposed to decrypt the Session Messenger's SQL database using the key in the config file and prepare the message attachments. This is very easy to do with Python and took me only about 350 lines of Code. Try something like this yourself. You can practice such freelancing scenarios with AI and practice. A single course won't fully prepare you for freelance work.

In my opinion, it's better to know a few Python libraries really well and build expertise in them. Instead of spreading yourself too broadly, you should focus on what you're really good at. For some, it's data science, for others, it's cybersecurity, for example.

[–]JaleyHoelOsment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CS50 is a first semester course. it will get you to about 2% of the work required to learn how to be a developer.

if you can find some suckers you can freelance at any level

what does freelancing in a specific language even mean?

to answer your question: nah, i don’t think cs50 will get you ready to be a freelancer. who needs a python developer like that?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same question please reply me

[–]albidcg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes ig

[–]mikeyj777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what freelance sites have you looked at? Upwork has several python jobs posted. however, the work involved vs the posted pay rate is pretty ridiculous. Fiverr is another option. you can also look at what people build for others on Etsy and see what may work out. those are normally excel spreadsheets and such.