Hello people!
I can't find a job in real life because of my psycho problems but I need money. I am somewhat experienced in computers and had some minor programming experience, both for Web and application software but the experience is really minor. I'm 24 (male) and got almost nothing to do outside of a condo I live with my parents in. I am afraid my PC will fall apart and I can't buy new hardware. My parents don't give me money enough for PC parts.
I often think about how do I earn using my computer and of course the first thing you can think of is freelance. Yeah-yeah... Been there. Done that. I tried to code PHP as a freelancer and earned about $300. Tried for about half of a year. These $300 are mostly from one project I coded (~$265), other of these $300 are from really tiny things. After that I tried more and got nothing.
Plus I really started to hate PHP and webdev in general, it's totally not mine. Didn't even learn JS - it will make me throw up.
One thought I got out of this "freelance" thing is that you should be
really really experienced in your area to be successfull in freelancing. You gotta work in some companies with people for several years to gain experience and after that you can offer something over the Internet. But I have no experience and I can't get it anywhere - I can't go out and work/communicate with people. I just can't, period. Sick invalid, the walking disability (disability that walks).
I tried Python at home and really liked it. And I wondered - maybe there is a chance that if I ceate some piece of GPL program, I'll be able to get donations? Or maybe to learn some language and anonymously participate in some project which will give me some donations... Or someting like that. It's hard to think of someting that I can plan now, go learn and then create and people will actually need it. But maybe there is something.
Do you guys have any thoughts/suggestions on the subject?