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Freelance software engineers making over $100,000 a year reveal how they got started, find clients, and set their rates

, 28, lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been a full-time freelance software engineer on and off for the past few years. He finds projects through sites like Upwork and Indeed and from referrals from friends who work at companies that need temporary engineers. At one point, he also freelanced for a company that used to employ him full time.When it comes to getting work online, de Haas suggested starting out with a low bid and gradually increasing your rate as clients learn to trust you.

To find your hourly rate, start with your ideal annual, monthly, or weekly income, then divide that by how many hours you're willing to work. For example, say you want to make $10,000 next month and are able to work 35 hours a week. Since there are approximately four weeks each month, that adds up to 140 hours, which means your hourly rate is around $72..

"Several clients I've worked with have no effective means of vetting engineers," de Haas said. "So something as simple as a star countA 34-year-old freelancer who quit the job she hated and now makes $200,000 a year debunks 5 of the biggest myths she's encountered about becoming your own bossWhen you work for yourself, you need to be able to do more than one thing.

 

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$100,000 a year? That's literally nothing.

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