Is it possible to freelance program for money at the beginner level? [on hold]

Question: Is it possible to freelance program for money at the beginner level?

My Background:

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   I've read books on JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, and CSS. I've read the full documentations for nodejs, JSON, and socket.io. I've read overviews/listened to lectures which outline the basics of angular, jQuery mobile and jQuery UI, JSONP, XML, and AJAX. I've read soft books (like the Pragmatic Programmer) and listened to several lectures which outline best practices for writing maintainable code and avoiding technical debt. I'm also somewhat fluent in BASH.

   
   


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   For personal learning projects, I've built some chat bots for me and my friends to use on IRC and GroupMe (using nodejs and socket.io). I'd be willing to upload one of these projects to GitHub for other people to see. I've built some websites.

   
   


3. 
   

   I'm currently a PhD student, have a masters degree in mathematics and went to an Ivy League school (assuming that even matters on a freelance profile). I live in the US and English is my first language.

   
   

I know this is a soft question that people can only answer with low degrees of certainty, but I'm just looking for some ballpark answers. Am I months and months away from being able to plausibly freelance program for money, or am I closer than that? (If there's any other background knowledge I should specify, let me know).