When I moved back from Germany to my country I continued working for my employee charging them hourly rate. I didn't considered myself a freelancer then, but after I quit that company 2 years later I continued with B2B for companies outside of my county.<p>Now I try to find freelance jobs using Linkedin mainly.
I had the unfortunate timing of starting my career in 2001-2003. There were no jobs available and I had dropped out of University due to lack of money (it was more complex than that, but off topic).<p>I started the rough way doing basic computer repairs until I came across someone that needed actual programming help. That turned into a 6 month contract, and from there a 1 year contract with a competitor. After that I got a full-time job.<p>In 2018 I decided to go and be a digital nomad. Getting contract work was now easy falling back on an extremely rich network from years of regular employment. I'm easy to work with and I go out of my way to mentor and help build teams up.<p>This is mostly done with personal messages on LinkedIn.