The Many Ways Software Engineers Can Go Independent

<p>Most developers think freelancing platforms like Upwork are the only way to earn money outside a full-time job. But after spending months exploring alternative income streams,

<p>This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately.</p> <p>When I started learning to code, my goal was simple: get a good developer job, keep improving, and earn a better

<p>For most of my career, I believed something a lot of technical people quietly believe:</p> <p><strong>If you build something genuinely good, people will notice.</strong></p>

<p>I used to think the job was mostly writing code. Seven years in, I still write code 💻, but the moments that stick are rarely the ones where I typed the cleverest abstraction.