However, he does deserve to get bitten by clients who read his article and get offended by the (very immature and very unprofessional) condescension towards clients and their "silly ideas" that he _blogs_ about.
However, he does deserve to get bitten by clients who read his article and get offended by the (very immature and very unprofessional) condescension towards clients and their "silly ideas" that he _blogs_ about.
Once you have that, you can attract other senior people to your lifestyle business, which seems like what has happened: https://www.expatsoftware.com/services.html
Even with 6 years personally, going to clients on your own is intimidating
This is anecdotal, but I graduated college a couple of months ago and I've been freelancing for the past year and a half in my free time by building things for crypto startups. It's a (little bit) niche, but it's worked out well for me and I'm on track to pay off my student loans from my freelance work while also working full time. I think you just need to go for it. I don't really have much formal experience (3 SWE internships in college), and I've been able to make good hourly rates at $50-100 an hour for my time.