I have a lot of free time and a desire to freelance. But where do I start?

Question

Freelance

At school, I constantly took first places in programming / informatics olympiads, but I programmed only in Pascal. I was tormented by such questions: web or non-web, which bunch of PL to learn and what to read?

Answer 1

If there is a margin of time, I would not climb into the web if I were you (in the sense, the classic bundle from PHP, HTMl, JS). On freelance, this is a garbage dump where you have to compete with 9,000 schoolchildren and Indians until you gain enough experience to expose customers to a normal price tag and claims confirming it.
From profitable freelancing - objective C, ruby, java, python. There are a few other things as well.

Answer 2

choose a direction - here is only your internal predisposition and interest, select a sub-direction - here is an analysis of demand for freelance exchanges, make a list of knowledge and skills in the order of study - based on a description of the experience of experienced people. and into battle

Answer 3

With Olympiad intelligence, you are capable of more than freelancing.
Webdev, JS is great, learn, if you are interested, orders will come. And look around: soon there will be a more attractive use for your abilities. It would be especially good not to climb alone, but immediately with a team, let it be 2-3 people. See what topics are on the cutting edge right now - mobile technologies, wearable devices, health, etc. It is quite possible that an idea will come to mind, and you will run it through validation on the first clients, and everything will spin! :)
Good luck!

Answer 4

If freelance - then PHP-JS

Answer 5

IMHO, it makes sense to start with office work in a team with strong programmers who will teach you how to do it. This opinion can be very controversial, but I believe it is true in most cases. _Some_ (or many, I have no statistics), including myself, cannot start and spur themselves to work on their own at first. It comes later with experience.

Answer 6

Start with what the soul lies to. But not from Pascal - it's more of an educational language than practically used in commercial projects :)

Answer 7

Choose a direction that will be of real interest to you. Register to freelance and go. Work, develop a portfolio, take orders, look for like-minded people. Beat the team if possible. Perhaps in the future you will make your project with the whole team.
Now most users are using iPhones, etc. The mobile market is developing at a breakneck pace. Perhaps it makes sense for you to learn Objectiv C, Java, etc. To create applications for iOS and Android.

Answer 8

Fill out a portfolio and register on various freelance exchanges.