Ask HN: What's the best niche to choose for freelancers?
How on earth do you choose a niche that will both be profitable and one that you'll enjoy?
I'm a successful freelancer making roughly $80,000 a year ($100 per hour) in the Mountain West. Yet I'd like to boost that so I can send my kids to private school and pay off some medical bills.
These bills are currently taped on my wall, and when I see them I think about branching out from my current skill-set (Full-stack LAMP apps (don't laugh, there's decent work out there with PHP)) to something more profitable.
So:
Niches: What niche would you recommend I choose to become more profitable, and that will be around for the next few years?
Languages: Should I focus on a new language like Golang? Or Start learning mobile development with iOS?
And thank you in advance for the mentorship. Sometimes I feel a little lost and don't know the best choice to make.
I'm a successful freelancer making roughly $80,000 a year ($100 per hour) in the Mountain West. Yet I'd like to boost that so I can send my kids to private school and pay off some medical bills.
These bills are currently taped on my wall, and when I see them I think about branching out from my current skill-set (Full-stack LAMP apps (don't laugh, there's decent work out there with PHP)) to something more profitable.
So:
Niches: What niche would you recommend I choose to become more profitable, and that will be around for the next few years?
Languages: Should I focus on a new language like Golang? Or Start learning mobile development with iOS?
And thank you in advance for the mentorship. Sometimes I feel a little lost and don't know the best choice to make.