I’m a self taught software dev with 2.5 yoe a lot of hobby stuff before I was getting paid.

I don’t have a degree and make $90k in an area with a COL 4% higher than national average in the US.

I’ve been wanting to freelance my way through school. Don’t want to do school while w2 employed because I have goals of being self employed.

Every time I look into freelance as a software dev I’m surprised at how there’s so much negativity about it. But in the SEO realm it’s completely normal and encouraged.

And after having tried to work with an seo guy who couldn’t code, I’m feeling like I have a pretty good advantage with my dev skills to start freelancing as some kind of hybrid developer/seo consultant.

Maybe developers shit on freelance because the salaries are so high in tech, and it’s just not worth the effort. Combined with the offshore $3/hr up work competition.

Is doing some freelance work really that bad of an idea? I honestly feel like it’d be a great idea because the seo/marketing experience and potential to build a team would help me if I ever wanted to run a startup.