> fiverr, upwork

It's not worth it, people from developing countries basically dominate on those platforms, so you have to go cheaper than them, especially if you have no reviews

On Fiverr it's hard to get discovered

On Upwork you'd have to apply to tons of jobs, each application uses up one of the "credits", when you run out you have to buy more for IRL money. You might use up all of the free ones and still not get a single job.

It's a crapshoot. I really think there's room for a new, smaller platform for software gigs that doesn't become a race to the bottom.

The best place is with people you know.

The more people you know the more likely you are to find work.

Finding good clients is hard work, so anyone with good clients works hard to keep them.

Therefore, any easy way of finding gigs is mostly swimming in an ocean of not-good clients.

Good luck.

Currently? Nowhere. Besides social media. Create a huge audience around being a great developer and you will get an infinite stream of gigs. Going the normal route? Not working anymore, maybe it won't ever again.