Looked around for jobs and of course i have to build portfolio projects, but it would be ideal to use react, however not exactly sure what to build.
I wonder how viable is freelancing, both to make money and to make some money while building a portfolio, also partly the problem is that the city i am staying in right now is rather small so opportunities are basically non existent and ridiculously underpaid, and from what i saw work from home jobs are mainly for those who are more experienced.
It would be also nice to connect with other developers because my journey so far was a fun but lonely one.
You said yourself: Build a reputable, solid portfolio. Meanwhile if you can get freelancing gigs…why not?
Regarding what you should build…think big. When I start building projects on my own I´m tired of the same simple apps which have 0 creativity and there are a 1000 of them.
Even though you start building something very difficult, you will learn a lot in the meantime and if you can deploy it finally it will be worth as having 20 to-do-list type of projects…