freelancing is honestly pretty terrible. the job posts are written by someone at HR who doesn’t know anything about programming and just shoves in tech jargon until it has enough words. for example, why on earth would you need experience from three different javascript MVC frameworks for something you’re building from scratch?
@taiz on top of that everyone expects to get a 10 years of experience developer with a BA in CS. and trust me, if someone actually has the credentials for that, they’re not going to be scourging freelancing boards to make ends meet. it comes down to whichever candidate can lie the best about their experience, and then the client wonders why the site always turns out like trash because the actual skilled developers tend to be modest
oh and if you’re just starting out with no work experience it’s pretty much impossible to get into the field. you’re better off just looking for something onsite, and if you live in a rural area then you’re just kinda screwed