Good, find an active project and contribute some minor things, then see if anyone needs something built using that project and do consulting work for them. I be

Good, find an active project and contribute some minor things, then see if anyone needs something built using that project and do consulting work for them. I believe you can put money directly on the prepaid card Upwork gives out, while paying 4% or 5% instead of Upwork's fees, I'd use that for payment on small jobs.