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1. Create a few open source products/apps: This will teach you a lot about your gaps.

2. Start a blog and have a post per week on a consistent schedule: This will get you some visibility.

3. Bid on jobs on Upwork and other freelancing websites with a low rate: This will get you your first experience with freelancing. Having an initial lower rate will make you more favorable for a job. Also, this is the hardest. You may have to do a 100 bids before you get your first offer. Also, keep tuning your bids, the wording and the content of your messages matter. Think about the person reading your bid and why they would select you over the 100 other bidders.

4. After a few gigs, increase your rate to a proper doable rate.

Also, look out for people asking for resources on twitter, slack channels etc, those tend to have a higher probability of converting. You should look at online communities where people who are working on your stack loiter.