Two other suggestions: - Go to developer conferences. You will make connections with other people who might have leads or other people doing the same thing who

Two other suggestions: - Go to developer conferences. You will make connections with other people who might have leads or other people doing the same thing who don't have time to do everything and might forward projects to you. - Build a software library in your field of interest (or even a successful product). From experience this will generate inbound interest for customizations. You will be very well positioned to do the work (Sidekiq, Ensembles come to mind).