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> Something that gets me is how to even get started down the path of being your own boss. The insane networking required to keep up a contract queue is a lot.

> Something that gets me is how to even get started down the path of being your own boss. The insane networking required to keep up a contract queue is a lot. I sent a message to a slack channel on the 20th of October, talked to a bunch of people, and started another contract on the 1st of November. And - I must stress this - I have no big names on my resume, I'm not the author of a famous open source lib. I'm just some dude who specialized and took a real interest in the business vertical I was in. People need software professionals. Be easy to find. Talk it up where people in your industry hang out. Have conversations without any thought of whether they'll go anywhere. No hard selling required.

chii 5y ago
> I sent a message to a slack channel on the 20th of October, talked to a bunch of people the fact that you have a bunch of people you can message (in slack, or email or otherwise) is already a leg up, and that would've taken work to setup previously - may be even years for such a network. When people ask about networking, or how to line up clients for contracts, they are actually asking the methods to which you (or anyone) setup such a list of contacts.
- kkjjkgjjgg 5y ago
  Could have been just some slack channel of some open source project? Like let's say you want to be a Rust developer, there may be a channel advertised on the Rust web site? Not saying there is, but I remember seeing such things for several programming languages.