Email companies looking for iOS full-time employees (not recruiters) and ask them if they would consider contractors. You'll need to have a pretty solid and imp

Email companies looking for iOS full-time employees (not recruiters) and ask them if they would consider contractors. You'll need to have a pretty solid and impressive portfolio and be able to work independently to get that kind of rate, e.g. not just do the programming but manage the project and deliver things without having the client break it down for you, possibly subcontracting the art and design yourself. I'd suggest setting your rates high and offering a "per-project discount" if clients will let you blog about or show off work instead of keeping it behind NDA. Most work comes from word-of-mouth and networking. If you need to build up your portfolio or contacts, offer to build (small, well-scoped) apps for nonprofits or organizations that you support, and build them in your off hours that would be unbillable anyways. If you do this, take it seriously and don't drop the ball, you're basically working for your reputation instead of cash. Or build your own app store app to use as a showcase rather than expecting app store windfalls.