Sort of on the same path right now.
Biggest obstacle I'm running into is that most of the work I'm finding is through recruiters, which of course means that a chunk of the money goes to the recruiter before I receive it.
The rates are still decent, but I'm not working with enough of a financial buffer to compensate for the downtime I'm having. I'm brand new at this though and I expected this sort of difficulty curve to start out with.
On a side note, if you've got an Angular or react project you are working on in the Atlanta area or remote and need some help, reach out to me :)
Start contributing to Angular or React core, reach out to developers on the team or conference sponsors, let them know you’re available for consulting, put up a targeted “Angular.js consulting” page...
Every company you reach thru the recruiters, if you make a good impression on the employees there tell them to reach out to you directly to hire you again if they move on.
The rates are still decent, but I'm not working with enough of a financial buffer to compensate for the downtime I'm having. I'm brand new at this though and I expected this sort of difficulty curve to start out with.
On a side note, if you've got an Angular or react project you are working on in the Atlanta area or remote and need some help, reach out to me :)
All of my contact info is on my site elarbee.io