I have 8 years of software development experience and earning a decent salary, but contemplating to slowly transition towards self employment.  My skills are mostly in backend engineering building ...

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I have 8 years of software development experience and earning a decent salary, but contemplating to slowly transition towards self employment.

My skills are mostly in backend engineering- building web APIs and distributed cloud services. Are there opportunities available for such a skillset? I have observed it’s easier for frontend engineers and UI/UX designers to get freelancing opportunities as compared to backend engineers.

Anyone on this forum with similar skillset has been successful in getting good quality freelance work and make good money? Can you share your journey?

Anyone successfully transitioned to freelancing?

Software Engineer

Anyone successfully transitioned to freelancing?- Grapevine

Hey folks,
I am a senior software engineer at Swiggy working in as a mobile engineer for the past 5 years.
I have worked on few backend & infra stack in past companies (node js, go-lang, kubernetes, s3, etc) just for exploring and expanding my horizon.
I am thinking of seriously perusing this now.

What are my options here? I am open to learning via online course / my own side projects.

Also how to approach for hiring given it won’t be my expertise but I am willing to be hired at a lower package for the long term benefits.

Reason to consider a transition is boredom with working in a single domain.

How to transition to a backend engineer role from frontend

Any tips on how to get started. I along with two of my friends are looking to get into freelancing. And we are a perfect mix of engineers. I am a Backend dev with 2+ years of experience and one of my friends is a lead AI engineer, the other is a fronted engineer with extensive experience in react. 
Any help/lead would be much appreciated.

Freelance?

Backend Engineer

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Any thoughts on career transition from full time at big companies to freelancer? 

I have 5.7 years of exp of FSE. and would like to settle as freelancer in near future. 
I want to experiment this option for 1 year and if not succeeded is it okay to switch back to full time emp? Is it worth taking the risk considering my financial status? 

I see these are pros and cons
Pros:
Complete wfh.
Direct contact with clients no boss/manager

Cons:
Income will be effected if no project. 
Continuous search for projects. 
Risky. 

Any other pros and cons one can think of pls mention in the comments. I would definitely try this option for atleast one year.

Transition to Freelancer in India.

Software Developer

I joined industry as a front-end engineer back in April, 2022 and now i am feeling like expanding my horizon of skills and start doing backend. Also, I am hearing it from people that there is not much growth in FE in terms of compensation. So, curious to know the views of people here and would be great if someone can guide through. 
Thanks in advance

Transition from Front-end to Back-end role

Planning to spend some extra time doing freelancing as a backend developer.
What would be the best platform to start ? 
Something that has quality jobs.
Also if anyone can share their own experience.... Is it easy money ?

Best freelancing sites for backend developers ?

Hi everyone, I am a frontend developer(3yr+) who wants to switch to backend development. I am looking for some advice from people who have made a similar transition in their career. How was your journey and what was your plan?

What do you recommend I should do to become a backend developer? What skills and technologies should I learn?

Also, how should I handle the salary and job search aspects? Should I take a salary cut or join at the same salary? 💰 How should I approach HR or put myself on job portals?

Please help me. I am feeling confused and unsure about my career path.🙏

How to transition from frontend to backend development?

Hello folks, 

This is a call for every software engineer and broader community. 
I’m a 30 year old customer support employee who worked at Airtel, MPL, Wazirx and I have 5 years of total experience all things customer support. 

About a year ago, laid off at Wazirx due to crypto taxes and regulations and it’s been an uphill battle to find a steady job in the market. 

Did few freelance jobs but nothing is working out. I’m at a point where I’m unable to even get by on monthly basis. 

I’m a Engg dropout as well, so no degree, no real top notch experience to land other roles. 

I finally decided to have a crack at software jobs and pivot to whole new field. I have few queries, if anyone can find some time and answer them, it would mean the world to me 

1. Do I need a degree to land software roles ? 
2. To pivot to coding roles ( no prior experience), where should i start ?
3. There’s an ocean of misinformation out there, I’m really confused on where to start and which courses to take up? ( Planning to take up Phyton ) 
4. Can coding help to land freelance jobs ( I know it’s difficult and takes time to reach good enough of a level but I’m willing to work hard and put the hours in ). 
5. I know companies doesn’t bet on candidates without a degree but what’s the best way to approach this scenario? 

Thanks a lot for your time for answering these queries. Highly appreciated 🙏🏼

STUCK IN LIFE

Customer Success

I’ve been wanting to build something on my own, I have built and hosted a few apps. But I couldn’t scale as much as I would have liked. I have contemplated on running a startup but I don’t have any trusted team member to support me.

Building software apps is my passion. I want take benefit of my passion to make money. Is freelancing a good option to do so?

Share your experiences, if any. Would love to hear ideas on how I can convert my passion of building apps (both web app & mobile app) to make money.

PS: I am at a full time job and I’m looking for a side hustle.

Is freelancing an option to make money?

Software Architect

As Software Engineers, it might be bit difficult starting out with first freelance gig or contract job.

I was able to secure one in college with about 50k/month for about 4months working as a back end engineer for an Indian SaaS company and international client.

Great learning and great pay for a newbie.

Also if you have a full time job and freelance gig. how do you juggle between both? Keeping in mind you also need to take personal time and time for fitness.

First freelance or contract gig?

I am 24. I am at a job which I am good at, but it doesn't make me happy. I want to try out different things in life(tech and non-tech alike) and figure out what's truly fun for me, all the while outgrow myself from my comfort zone. 

Anyone who has felt like this or has successfully done this, need inputs/thoughts on how to proceed

I wish to try out different things. How do I go about?

Consultant

I am a SDE(expertise: Angular  + .net core ) with 3 yoe , thinking to start freelancing on weekends .
best portal I should checkout?

Freelancing advice

Coders on grapevine, need your advice. I want to start part time job or freelancing to earn extra money. I have 7 yoe in JavaScript (reactjs, react native). 
Where should i start my search?
What should I expect in terms of client expectations?

If any of you are doing freelancing, I would love to hear about your journey.

Freelancing

Hello Everyone!!

In the freelance market, which tech stack are you people mostly getting projects in?

Also, please provide a little roadmap/pointers to start freelancing (tech only).

Freelancing Trend ?

Hello everyone, currently I am in a service based company earning 9 lpa as a frontend developer(React) for 4 months. Before that I was in Tcs for 1.5 years. I am not happy in the current project. Changing project is not possible. I am thinking of resigning and taking 5-6 months to start freelancing as frontend/full-stack developer or start preparing for product based companies. 

What are your opinions?

Thinking of taking 5-6 months break and switching to Freelancing

Frontend Engineer

Hey folks,
I want to dip my hand in freelancing.
My job is quite laid back and i have a lot of free time.

I have been grinding leetcode in my free time but I'm bored of it. So, I decided why not use this to expand my real working knowledge and earn some side income too.

Any experienced freelance person, please guide on how to start and where to. I know it takes a serious hustle to break the first client. But starting itself seems daunting to me.

Thanks for your time

Start freelancing

Has anyone successfully transitioned from mobile development (iOS/Android) to backend development? If so, how did you do it, what were the main challenges you faced during this transition, and how did you overcome them?

Seeking Advice: Transitioning from mobile dev to BE

Calling out all folks have indulged in freelancing gigs building software.
1. How has your experience been
2. How can one start - any sort of guide/websites that were most useful
3. Any other help/suggestions.

Background - 6+ years in tech, worked in good product companies.

Freelancing gigs guide

I am a Java backend developer with 3 YOE. But I am considering to work remotely and do freelance on side.  All of this remote and freelancing opportunities and contributing to open source are much more available in typescript/node js.  Should I switch?

Has anybody here mad the switch successfully ? 
Any opinions on this are welcome

Will switching to Node js from Java developer be worth it?

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

I am a graduate from a tier-1 engineering college and will be starting out with a job in a few months at a financial services MnC in an analyst role. I am looking to build some income streams apart from my salary over the next few years and wanted to gain some freelancing skills to build an online business but am confused about where and how to start. I've seen people working on software projects and stuff like digital marketing but can't really picture myself in similar roles. I'm not a techie, my interest lies mainly in finance and business but I'm fine with exploring and venturing into something new as well. Would be great if someone who has done it in the past can please guide as to what can be some promising skills to gain and how to go about it.

How to go about building additional income streams?

Business Analyst

I'm a marketing professional with 6+ years of work exp (4 yrs full-time + 2.5 yrs freelance). 
Finding it difficult to transition back to full-time as companies only keep considering my previous CTC based on my full-time role, though I was earning much higher through freelancing. 
How do I negotiate to be compensated fairly based on how much I was earning as a freelancer? 
Any strategies/tips are welcome :)

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