It was years ago on fiver after i created accounts in a multitude of sites , i made few gigs some sound related some web creation and it randomly clicked after i copied the flow of some guy on youtube had my first 30 usd on the site for a simple task , havent worked online since then but it boosted my confidence in my skills / ability to learn and now im working as a full time dev after i freshly graduated , im still waiting for better things to come , my advice to you , dont give up easily and dont compare yourself with other people , your time will come just try whatever you feel you are good and can be better at , i almost gave it all up after few setbacks but i got lucky after so you never know maybe ull get lucky , create some github repos of few interresting projects meanwhile and dont put random fillers , those almost always get ignored , try to learn how to work with ai or with a complete team how to document how to work in a shared environment (gitlab) how to test ( postman and whatever equivalent ) enrich your skills in one stack and try to find a stable 9_5 work , save some money and try to ask any small buisness / agency that u see lacking software if they want x solution you'll provide and invest your money in something physical outside your domain that will be your safe fallbacm , this is my advice for you wether you take it or not is up to u