You ought to check out UpWork (https://www.upwork.com/) and Fiverr (https://www.fiverr.com/). Treat it as a "buffet" of interesting work, projects, and skills. Likewise, you can hire other workers to help you with tasks, and then form your own virtual team. For example, If you'd like to build a mobile app, you could use those apps to find a graphic designer (someone skilled at Figma, in order to do design & prototyping), a back-end engineer (in order to build APIs), and a product manager (manage requirements, backlog, development cadence), and a skilled mobile app developer to build it. Depending on where your interest and skill level is, you can always pair-collaborate with these people - you'll learn a ton, feel the team vibe, and feel less "behind the times", since you have now augmented yourself with experts. Most importantly, treat the team well, prioritize quality, and have fun.
This is fine advice. I kind of like upwork because I can find someone, give them a small task, see if I like them and how good they are to work with. Then I basically fill up their pipe as things go well. After a few jobs you can usually work off of the platform so they make better margin.
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You ought to check out UpWork (https://www.upwork.com/) and Fiverr (https://www.fiverr.com/). Treat it as a "buffet" of interesting work, projects, and skills. Likewise, you can hire other workers to help you with tasks, and then form your own virtual team. For example, If you'd like to build a mobile app, you could use those apps to find a graphic designer (someone skilled at Figma, in order to do design & prototyping), a back-end engineer (in order to build APIs), and a product manager (manage requirements, backlog, development cadence), and a skilled mobile app developer to build it. Depending on where your interest and skill level is, you can always pair-collaborate with these people - you'll learn a ton, feel the team vibe, and feel less "behind the times", since you have now augmented yourself with experts. Most importantly, treat the team well, prioritize quality, and have fun.
This is fine advice. I kind of like upwork because I can find someone, give them a small task, see if I like them and how good they are to work with. Then I basically fill up their pipe as things go well. After a few jobs you can usually work off of the platform so they make better margin.