Recently someone asked similar question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31908797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31908797 I wrote up my thoughts: ht

Recently someone asked similar question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31908797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31908797 I wrote up my thoughts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31911728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31911728 And then expanded into an essay: https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/4682085af50b41f88460593d21db6182/find-programming-work-by-increasing-luck-surface-area.html https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/4682085af50b41f88460593d... Since you're starting from nothing: do web research about freelancing, contracting etc. Use search engine to find the articles, read a book or two, watch a few YouTube videos, take an udemy (or similar) course. There's a lot of free or very cheap advice out there and it's a bit more information that can be put into a HN comment. Your first challenge is getting customers so start with marketing yourself.