Seriously, this guy knows what he is talking about. Building that network is hard and not fun, and if you are introverted, it's really tough. So do it online in

Seriously, this guy knows what he is talking about. Building that network is hard and not fun, and if you are introverted, it's really tough. So do it online in IRC, Slack, or on open source projects or forums! 90% of a freelancer's job is finding their clients. The 10% that's the work is actually easy since you usually know what you're doing, and everything that is required. Finding clients is scary and difficult and uncomfortable. But it's 90% of the job, dammit! If you don't like that, likely you should find other ways of working.