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Did you try to get into consulting? If yes, how did it go?

• orionblastar 11y ago
  I could not find any clients who would take me. I ended up on disability because I could not find work. I had to in order to avoid going homeless with my family. Disability makes enough for a house payment and then live on what my wife earns. The software consulting market is very hard to get into, and once into it hard to find clients. Esp if one is mentally ill and cannot hide it.
  • meric 11y ago
    Try upwork.com. I don't think it's mandatory to disclose your mental illness there, is it?
    • orionblastar 11y ago
      Upwork.com and other sites are in favor of the client, who can refuse to pay or reverse the credit card charge. I'd read horror stories about those freelance sites on Reddit where most clients don't pay or use a refund to get free work. Plus you have to compete with people in a third world nation who work for under minimum wage and can under bid you. I tried some freelance sites and they even charge you fees to bid on projects.
      • meric 11y ago
        Basically the idea is to get some recent work into your portfolio, and by the time you've completed the fifth React website of the year, upwork and good hourly rate be damned, you'd have a much easier time to find a good paying gig. I worked my way up from $25 to $100 per hour in about a year doing this. Take up low quality gigs, and then use them as a springboard to jump onto less lower quality gigs. Rinse and repeat until you're doing the kind of gigs you'd like to do. Life is full of horrors, we can live it or stay at home. It's our choice.