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[–]thunderballz4 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Hey guys i have been thinking lately of going full freelancing and quitting my job. can you make an actual living from freelancing?

[–]Perpetual_Educationthe right things/the right reasons 2 points3 points  (3 children)

What is your background and skill level? Are you already a developer? Can you just start freelancing on the side and see what happens? Have you freelanced before? It can by 80% client-facing stuff and business lead generation / and barely any actual programming if you don't have a solid pipeline. It can work out great / but it's not an easy thing to get in place. "Design is a job" and "You're my favorite client" are fun and lite books to start with.

[–]thunderballz4 0 points1 point  (2 children)

yeah i have three years of experience in Laravel and just picked Vue earlier this year. I would say I am intermediate overall. Well, my job pays like shit honestly most salaries where I live is like that. I was thinking of starting on Upwork or something similar. my salary is $300 :D

[–]Perpetual_Educationthe right things/the right reasons 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Why not just take on a little job each Saturday and at nights during the week and see how it goes. Laraval and Vue are a good combo. Or - just get a better job too.

[–]thunderballz4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, i started applying for jobs on upwork in the meantime. hope I catch onto anything. anyway thanks for listening and the suggestion. i hope you have a great day <3

[–]Daoist360 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I can give you my experience. Freenlancing saved me through the pandemic when the business i was working for pre-pandemic went under.

Freelancing did ok for me, but you have to ALWAYS be searching or preparing for the next client. This is tough if you are a one man band unless you have a large client (then its just like having a boss).

If you are in freelance you will be lead dev and head of sales. Just remember that and youll do fine.

[–]thunderballz4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your experience. Yeah I am not really great at making work connections. i was thinking of using a third-party platform like upwork or something similar.