js do the claude code thing and sell the ai generated websites to businesses in russian which dont have a website and charge them a monthly fee for "maintenance" if you were based in the US u could easily get a client that pays 3-5k but since ur in russian max you could get like 200-500usd from 1 client. but the only flaw w claude code is that you need a rlly strong computer to run it locally cuz if you run it on the web you'll run out of tokens in like 2 prompts.
Thank you for actually informative reply
its really hard honestly, people on the internet only show the success and try to sell you the dream you might get 1-2 people to agree. What I see people actually do is, they provide the website for free as like a trail for 1-2 weeks and then if the business owner is satisfied they try to charge them, i would recommend you to do the same and then try to book a second call. So for the first call just give them info and then in the second call actually get into the details about the payment and whatnot cuz no body would pay someone they spoke with for the first time.
I already have the skill. That's not the problem. I was a SWE for 10 months, so I can code really well and have prior experience dealing with different tech stacks. I'm 17, so no one hires me officially. Freelance in RU is dead, either slave wages for 12h/day or constant client bullshit. I need to convert my skill into money without trading time for pennies. What would you actually do in my position?
why dont u do online work? like on fiverr on smth you can ez get at least 50-100 usd commissions if your portfolio is good enough
sadly freelance platforms like Fiverr is dead for RU in 2026. Can't withdraw money properly, PayPal/Payoneer don't work with Russian cards anymore. Plus 20% fee and Indian teams doing websites for $5 making it literally impossible to compete with them.
if you really want to make good money when being good at coding you should dev bots and programs etc. for the crypto scammers many found on telegram . Many rich "crypto faudsters" pay thousand for simple bots and more for panels etc. (just an idea)
and especially if your RU based because of the OP laws
funny thing i've done it once. made approximately 1.5k for single tool, but our cooperation has been terminated due to conflict. Thank you for reminding me that this opportunity still exists.
and what do you mean by "OP laws"?
well likely they will be paying with dirty money, ur making tools to be used illeagally, you likely will possibly get involved deeper with what they are doing when making friendships, and in RU you can pretty much commit cyber crime as long as it isnt in RU itself and you cant be arrested (sounds crazy but thats just me shortening it , its pretty much just an extra safety net to live in RU )
can i ask what you made ?
Okay, thank you.
Yeah, sure. Basically this tool was a complex system which is end goal was finding rich people on Twitter, who store their money in crypto. There is 2 main entities in DB (it's a fullstack app with GUI) - wallets and twitter usernames. Firstly via software you choose on which website and on what chain you want to parse memecoins, and on the memecoin page tool scans all wallets that are visible in the current scope (from tabs such as recent trades, top holders, etc.), filters it out by threshold (1k for instance), then saves it in DB. After process has ended, tool searches in twitter api any mentionings of certain wallets and if such one has been found - also adds it in DB. So you get a ton of usernames of rich people and you can do with them whatever you want lol.
