Ask HN: It's 2015 and I'm not in the situation I wanted to be. Need Advice 12 years ago
If you are on a freelance platform, don't sell yourself as a coder, sell yourself as a problem solver. Some freelancer sell them as the professional who reduces your website page loading time, or the guy who is pretty good at building real estate site. Find a niche. Show to the people you can help them to improve their business. Most of your potential clients have no idea what Ansible or Docker are.