Since you're starting from nothing: do web research about freelancing, contracting etc. Use search engine to find the articles, read a book or two, watch a few YouTube videos, take an udemy (or similar) course.
There's a lot of free or very cheap advice out there and it's a bit more information that can be put into a HN comment.
Your first challenge is getting customers so start with marketing yourself.
I wrote up my thoughts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31911728
And then expanded into an essay: https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/4682085af50b41f88460593d...
Since you're starting from nothing: do web research about freelancing, contracting etc. Use search engine to find the articles, read a book or two, watch a few YouTube videos, take an udemy (or similar) course.
There's a lot of free or very cheap advice out there and it's a bit more information that can be put into a HN comment.
Your first challenge is getting customers so start with marketing yourself.