You may want to refer to this thread: Ask HN: Becoming a Freelancer in 6 months? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5945865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

You may want to refer to this thread: Ask HN: Becoming a Freelancer in 6 months? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5945865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5945865 Lots of great advice there. As for how to "get started," find something you're good at, find someone who has a related problem, offer to solve it for them at a discount because you are learning how to do this "solve problems for money" thing. Then, lather, rinse, raise your rate, repeat.