Does anyone have any experience working as a freelancer programmer?

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2016-05-02 22:43:19 Post No. 54347830
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Anonymous 2016-05-02 22:43:19 Post No. 54347830 [Report]

Does anyone have any experience working as a freelancer programmer?

can you share your experiences, pay, complications, tips.

currently in university studying information systems engineering and my dream would be to graduate to have a backup plan in a form of a degree but work as a freelancer from my native town.
>live in rural Costa Rica in nice farm with nice house
>have to move to the capital to go to uni
>6 hour drive
>cant get used to living in a "big" city

since i live in costa rica and already own a property and a house i would need about 700 dollars a month for food, utilitys, and eating out a few times a month
earning over 1500 - 2000 dollars a month is considered a good salary here and you will live extremely comfortable with that kind of money.
is it posible as a freelancer /g/?

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Anonymous 2016-05-02 22:48:09 Post No.54347913
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Anonymous 2016-05-02 22:48:09 Post No.54347913 [Report]

Really depends on the clients you get. I make around 19k (after taxes) a year from freelancing. I work with only one client. He completely depends on me.

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Anonymous 2016-05-02 22:51:20 Post No.54347972
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Anonymous 2016-05-02 22:51:20 Post No.54347972 [Report]

>>54347913
how dificult was it to get that one client?

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Anonymous 2016-05-02 22:55:57 Post No.54348042
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Anonymous 2016-05-02 22:55:57 Post No.54348042 [Report]

>>54347972
He's my brother's friend. My brother told him about me.

My other clients were from scriptlance, freelancer and elance. Those websites are nowadays full of Indians charging $10 for everything, though.

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Anonymous 2016-05-02 23:10:39 Post No.54348278
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Anonymous 2016-05-02 23:10:39 Post No.54348278 [Report]

>>54348042
fucking hell

i really do not want to graduate and have to start working a 9-5 and in my home town has a population of only 30k, where i would say that half of the working class are farmers, and there a no tech jobs even remotely near

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Anonymous 2016-05-02 23:12:08 Post No.54348301
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Anonymous 2016-05-02 23:12:08 Post No.54348301 [Report]

>>54348278
Get out of your town, mate. Move to the city.

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Anonymous 2016-05-02 23:28:31 Post No.54348572
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Anonymous 2016-05-02 23:28:31 Post No.54348572 [Report]

>>54347830
>costa rica
You got lucky.