I consider myself to have some pretty useful development skills. I keep up to date with things like HTML5, CoffeeScript, AngularJS, AWS, Node.JS etc. However, I don't know what my problem is, if its lack of social or business skills or no degree or what, but I have been living hand-to-mouth doing freelance software development for years.
A lot of my projects have been from outsourcing sites. But some of them have been from small companies that weren't trying to outsource, just didn't have the biggest budgets. There seem to be quite a lot of software projects that have fairly restricted budgets, and unfortunately those are the ones I know how to get. Sometimes things are good for a few months and I don't have to worry, but oftentimes I need to complete some aspect of a project and get a PayPal from the client right away or I won't be able to pay bills.
Maybe I am the exception, but I doubt I am really alone in this, and thought I should admit it in case anyone else is struggling.
A lot of my projects have been from outsourcing sites. But some of them have been from small companies that weren't trying to outsource, just didn't have the biggest budgets. There seem to be quite a lot of software projects that have fairly restricted budgets, and unfortunately those are the ones I know how to get. Sometimes things are good for a few months and I don't have to worry, but oftentimes I need to complete some aspect of a project and get a PayPal from the client right away or I won't be able to pay bills.
Maybe I am the exception, but I doubt I am really alone in this, and thought I should admit it in case anyone else is struggling.