Hey guys, I'm a 20 y.o college student who wants to escape all the 9-5 hassle. I am studying Biotechnology but I don't think it will help me achieve my dream of becoming location independent.
I recently started a profile on elance as a Spanish-English translator (I'm a native Spanish speaker) but the market is extremely competitive and despite having completed my profile (portfolio, description...etc) I still haven't found my first client (I'm guessing due to my lack of experience/references).
I was thinking on learning other useful skills since there really aren't that many Spanish-English translation jobs and most of them easily get 20-40 proposals from other contractors.
My first thought is giving freelance article writing a try since it doesn't require any special skills and is something I'd maybe enjoy but I would like to hear other suggestions.
I believe perhaps another option would be to learn programming or graphic/web design but I have no previous experience and I'm guessing it could easily take a year or two to become proficient enough to get freelance gigs, would it be worth it?
I've read a bunch of threads on freelancing and programming but most of them are quite old. Are there any other skills that are worth learning that I'm missing here? If you guys have any other advice for earning money online for newbies, it would be greatly appreciated.
In the meantime, I'm going to continue to pursue the freelance translator gig since it's something I enjoy and I'm good at so any advice from other professional translators would also be very useful.
PD: I also use Odesk but I find it even worse since translation jobs there can get up to 60 proposals. Are there any other freelance websites that are worth the try for a translator/writer?
I recently started a profile on elance as a Spanish-English translator (I'm a native Spanish speaker) but the market is extremely competitive and despite having completed my profile (portfolio, description...etc) I still haven't found my first client (I'm guessing due to my lack of experience/references).
I was thinking on learning other useful skills since there really aren't that many Spanish-English translation jobs and most of them easily get 20-40 proposals from other contractors.
My first thought is giving freelance article writing a try since it doesn't require any special skills and is something I'd maybe enjoy but I would like to hear other suggestions.
I believe perhaps another option would be to learn programming or graphic/web design but I have no previous experience and I'm guessing it could easily take a year or two to become proficient enough to get freelance gigs, would it be worth it?
I've read a bunch of threads on freelancing and programming but most of them are quite old. Are there any other skills that are worth learning that I'm missing here? If you guys have any other advice for earning money online for newbies, it would be greatly appreciated.
In the meantime, I'm going to continue to pursue the freelance translator gig since it's something I enjoy and I'm good at so any advice from other professional translators would also be very useful.
PD: I also use Odesk but I find it even worse since translation jobs there can get up to 60 proposals. Are there any other freelance websites that are worth the try for a translator/writer?
Тот, кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского