In my opinion the main thing that you need to do is get out there, meet people and make friends with them. All those conferences and lunches will pay off in the

In my opinion the main thing that you need to do is get out there, meet people and make friends with them. All those conferences and lunches will pay off in the long run, and probably give you a lot of opportunities for work down the line. If you are really serious I also suggest that you go to the state department's page, and register an LLC so that you can start getting tax benefits for work related purchases. If you are interested in my story of how I've started out freelancing as a college student myself you can read it after the jump. Here are some good resource websites: http://freelanceswitch.com http://freelanceswitch.com http://workawesome.com http://workawesome.com I go to an art and design college so it is probably easier for me to get connections for work, but here is what I've done as a student. Making friends with staff and faculty has been of a huge benefit to me. I've gotten a couple small jobs, a work study and an internship simply by being friendly to other people in my major, and staff at the school. A teacher in my program who I took a two classes with saw an art piece I did (web design related) at an exhibition in the schools gallery space, and referred me for a flash job similar in nature to another client of his that he didn't have time to complete. I got a work study at my school's in house design firm as a referral from a student in my program who knew my skill set. I also got an internship this summer in NYC as a result of being casual friends with one of the study abroad staff. In the spring I attended a Flash Developer's conference, and made connections with several people there, and one of them whom I'm communicating with now seems like a really promising opportunity for some contract work.