Learned Fortran on an old TI-99; forgot Fortran; learned to draw, paint, sculpt, and play violin; learned how to merge code and art, turned it into my UX/Front-end dev Frankenthing.
I tried freelancing as a side gig while continuing to work full-time stocking shelves at the local grocery store for minimum wage (it's the only solid gig in town and moving is not an option, everything else is under-the-table side gigs for maybe one week out of the year total and pay $2/hr or less). I managed to earn $100 over the course of 4 years through freelancing. I can't say I recommend it, especially if you live in rural USA.
Platform: The only one available to me for those four years - word of mouth.
Still, I suppose it's better than going for a traditional job coding, seeing as there are no coding jobs in my area, and I haven't been able to land any remote work over the last decade.
Location, location, location ...
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I tried freelancing as a side gig while continuing to work full-time stocking shelves at the local grocery store for minimum wage (it's the only solid gig in town and moving is not an option, everything else is under-the-table side gigs for maybe one week out of the year total and pay $2/hr or less). I managed to earn $100 over the course of 4 years through freelancing. I can't say I recommend it, especially if you live in rural USA.
Platform: The only one available to me for those four years - word of mouth.
Still, I suppose it's better than going for a traditional job coding, seeing as there are no coding jobs in my area, and I haven't been able to land any remote work over the last decade.
Location, location, location ...