Thanks Mostafa, my very first client was through upwork a few years ago. Mainly you need to make sure you can prove your expertise in your field to potential clients and then it just comes down to marketing yourself so that the right people can see your skills.
Congrats, Abel. Top 1% with 161 pts is no small thing, that ranking is earned one delivered project at a time. The quiet gratitude in this post says a lot too. Back to building is the right energy, what are you working on next?