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Hi @RibljaCorba,
Sorry to hear you are up against it. But know this we have all been in the same situation as it goes with the territory of being self-employed/entrepreneur. Not having money to pay for stock, not having the money to pay the lease on a business premises or meet the your mortgage payments, put food on the table etc. etc. etc..
Sometimes it is a cashflow problem, our business is growing and the money coming in isn't keeping up. We need to place a large order for stock but have to pay upfront, well before we get the chance to sell it.
BUT you can't sit on your backside and feel sorry for yourself. You need to have a plan ahead. If you knew your contract was coming to an end you should have been organising work to replace it weeks ago not now. It is no good sticking your head in the sand until someone comes along and drags you out by your feet.
I haven't worked much in months for several reasons. Funds are running low so I went out on Friday and met up with a potential new client and a couple of existing customers and came away with over $7000 of work for the next few weeks. Now if I can do it I'm sure you can too.
If you have been programming for some time you will have built up a list of previous clients. Contact them all. Tell them your existing project is coming to an end so you have an opening if they have any further coding they would like help with. It is a lot easier to sell to happy past customers you have a relationship with than it is to new ones.
Also, as @Thomas Chauvet says, you are in a perfect position to work remotely for companies from any country. Upwork, People per hour etc..
You also have very good written English. By your name and location I take it you are fluent in more than one language so you could also look at translation work.
@Lex DeVille has some great threads on getting gigs on Upwork. @Fox has lots of great advice on doing web development and getting clients. @Andy Black has lots of super information on freelancing and finding and keeping new customers. Don't expect things to be handed to you on a plate. Go and do the research.
And don't think for one minute that these freelancing sites are a waste of time.
I have two young Sons (both 21) that went the Upwork route. Both now work exclusively for a high end Swedish Web Design house designing, building and maintaining multinational blue chip company sites. One has been offered a directorship. All that came from contacts they made via Upwork. Neither went to college and they are both self taught.
So no excuses, it is time to hustle. There are loads of opportunities out there for you with your skill-set. Be thankful that in this day and age your location doesn't matter one iota as long as you have a half decent internet connection. (We live in rural England).
Set up a progress thread to keep yourself moving forward and motivated. It will help you and quite possibly others in the future who find themselves in the same situation.
Good luck, you can do this.
Sorry to hear you are up against it. But know this we have all been in the same situation as it goes with the territory of being self-employed/entrepreneur. Not having money to pay for stock, not having the money to pay the lease on a business premises or meet the your mortgage payments, put food on the table etc. etc. etc..
Sometimes it is a cashflow problem, our business is growing and the money coming in isn't keeping up. We need to place a large order for stock but have to pay upfront, well before we get the chance to sell it.
BUT you can't sit on your backside and feel sorry for yourself. You need to have a plan ahead. If you knew your contract was coming to an end you should have been organising work to replace it weeks ago not now. It is no good sticking your head in the sand until someone comes along and drags you out by your feet.
I haven't worked much in months for several reasons. Funds are running low so I went out on Friday and met up with a potential new client and a couple of existing customers and came away with over $7000 of work for the next few weeks. Now if I can do it I'm sure you can too.
If you have been programming for some time you will have built up a list of previous clients. Contact them all. Tell them your existing project is coming to an end so you have an opening if they have any further coding they would like help with. It is a lot easier to sell to happy past customers you have a relationship with than it is to new ones.
Also, as @Thomas Chauvet says, you are in a perfect position to work remotely for companies from any country. Upwork, People per hour etc..
You also have very good written English. By your name and location I take it you are fluent in more than one language so you could also look at translation work.
@Lex DeVille has some great threads on getting gigs on Upwork. @Fox has lots of great advice on doing web development and getting clients. @Andy Black has lots of super information on freelancing and finding and keeping new customers. Don't expect things to be handed to you on a plate. Go and do the research.
And don't think for one minute that these freelancing sites are a waste of time.
I have two young Sons (both 21) that went the Upwork route. Both now work exclusively for a high end Swedish Web Design house designing, building and maintaining multinational blue chip company sites. One has been offered a directorship. All that came from contacts they made via Upwork. Neither went to college and they are both self taught.
So no excuses, it is time to hustle. There are loads of opportunities out there for you with your skill-set. Be thankful that in this day and age your location doesn't matter one iota as long as you have a half decent internet connection. (We live in rural England).
Set up a progress thread to keep yourself moving forward and motivated. It will help you and quite possibly others in the future who find themselves in the same situation.
Good luck, you can do this.