[mportela]

Follow up question: how do you find freelancing opportunities?

[k__]

When I started, I checked out websites similar to Upwork and Fiverr.

I also found some gigs through friends.

Later, started tech blogging and companies started approaching me.

What helped the most was becoming a contributor for an tech ecosystem.

Find a technology that's small, but has potential for growth. Start using it and contributing. When the big players move in, you might have a few months or years advance.

[leros]

Did you find UpWork worth pursuing? I looked at it briefly and it seemed like a race to the bottom on compensation.

What type of blogging are you doing? I'm curious how companies would find that and decide to hire you.