It took me 6 years since I started coding to get a proper job as a software engineer. Before that I had created dozens of websites (some of them got revenue thr

It took me 6 years since I started coding to get a proper job as a software engineer. Before that I had created dozens of websites (some of them got revenue through ads) and many delivered successfully many freelancing gigs. Which at least half of them led me to work for free as it was very common to get scammed in the beginning. The market was almost nonexistent at the time in my country and remote working was a luxury not even discussed yet. It is funny that we think that this beginning we had it easier than the current "I've done 1 year of coding bootcamp, where is my 6 figures job" mindset.