A friend of mine is going to school to be a DBA and is worrying about money, so he's considering a part-time job doing freelance #programming or #consulting. He's a good programmer and problem solver, but doesn't have professional experience in it.

Anyone have any pointers or resources I can pass on to him? Could this work? What's a good way for him to get started? How can I help him? I'm a professional programmer but have never really done freelance work.