My first project came from an ex-colleague's friend. Another approach was cold emailing existing data and analytics agencies (my domain is data engineering) with my portfolio. Helps to keep a capability deck handy.
I personally have been finding good results "hiding the code" behind the harnesses. I do have to rely on verification and testing a lot, which I also get the AI to do, but for most of the cases it works out well enough. A good verification and testing setup with automated, strict reviewing goes a long way.
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