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Re:Ask HN: How good do you have to be to start a web consult... by kusina on Thursday July 17, 2014 @06:40PM (#8050654)
Should I just pound the pavement and talk with local business people and see if they want to get some work done?
Re:Ask HN: How good do you have to be to start a web consult... by andyakb on Friday July 18, 2014 @01:05AM (#8051749)
Yes. Your value as a consultant is dependent upon being able to deliver value to clients. From the sounds of it, you are a reasonably skilled programmer, so the difficulty is not on the technical side but on explaining to business owners why your services will make them more money. Read anything you can find by Patrick Mckenzie, and just start putting your knowledge to work. You will quickly learn what skills you need that you dont yet have.