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no, that most probably won’t work.
Being a freelance software engineer myself for four years I can only advise against persuing a career as freelance developer at this point.
The market is fucked up, it’s nearly impossible to get new gigs and LLMs are a big part of the reason why. Also they give companies a weapon to negotiate lower rates. There’s a special place in hell for these people.
Unsolicited advise incoming: Do you have any relevant work experience or are you even an employee? Of so: Great! Hold on to your job to as long as possible or get one.
And join a union!
how to get a job? * no degree, only some projects, what would you recommend?
applying to jobs, learning in the meantime
In my experience software employers don't really care about degrees. If you can code well that's all you really need. If you have no previous employers you might need some personal projects to demonstrate that skill though.
(At least that's how it was before AI. I have no idea now... By all accounts entry level is fucked.)