I want to hear your experience - Career/Freelancing

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Hey guys,
I’ve completed my Associate dev cert for over a year now.

I used to think that I’d be able to land a job with this entry level cert, and turns out it has a pretty high barrier of entry (at least here in indo) - been to a few interview and most of them require experience (not too surprising).

I’ve been trying to freelance in websites like upwork. My questions:

  1. How viable is this as a semi-serious career option & whether it’s sustainable
  2. I still am confused on how to implement a project on a client’s computer/desktop overall if I’m working remote

Could you share your relevant experience on both 1 and 2 or one of them.

Cheers

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Hey @Dillon_Marius
Freelancing with UiPath: Viability & Deployment

  1. Viability as a Freelance Career
    Part-time viable, but rarely sustainable early on without other skills or niches.

UiPath freelancing market is small and competitive, especially on platforms like Upwork.

Best to target small businesses needing automation (Excel, email, web tasks).

Build a portfolio of mini-projects and write problem-solving proposals.

Consider learning Power Automate, Python, or Zapier to increase opportunities.

  1. Deploying Bots to a Client’s Machine (Remotely)
    Common methods:

Remote access (RDP, AnyDesk) to install and test the bot.

Send a published .nupkg package and guide the client on how to run it via UiPath Assistant.

Use UiPath Orchestrator if the client has it.

Provide clear documentation (ReadMe + test plan) for manual setup.

Tips for Success
Be ready to educate clients on what RPA is and how it helps.

Use modular, reusable workflows.

Handle different environments (screen size, Office version, etc.) in your automation.

Start local, build credibility, and gradually scale.

Note: this reply is generated by with the help of Ai.

cheers

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Your biggest barrier is the legal issue of using a valid licence to build and / or run automations in my opinion.

Community licence is quite explicitly stated as not for valid for commercial purposes, so you’d need to either invest in your own licence etc and shell out the costs for that, or keep trying to make sure the customer has a licence you can use.

Its something that, rather frustratingly, a huge number of people ignore and continue to use Community version illegally, against the licence terms etc, so that also makes it harder to compete financially with others in a similar situations who are not behaving ethically.