Aaron Jack, a few years ago you made a video suggesting people to learn React. I bought my first Udemy course on React the same day. Long story short, I am now a React developer. It started with your advice. Thanks.
That was his intro vid that I remember him by too. Since then I've been learning and earning and just joined his freemote course to up my game. @Random Sog good job! 🙌💪
Im currently freelancing while I look for full time employment. I want to get a full time job so I can focus mostly on just improving my programming skills for a year or two before going back to freelancing.
My advice - always start with full time, so you can focus on your craft, and meet people that are in the same business as you. When you master your craft, try branching out into freelance. You will have more experience (you can use this for reference as well), and a network of people that can help you find potential clients.
Problem with that is most people get very comfy with their high senior salary and benefits. They probably make friends and get to know a spouse through work. It is very hard to risk everyting and just leave that safe heaven you grew into. If you get thrown into the ocean right away you will never learn about the other things so you naturaly don't miss them and focus on different things. So if you want to go the full time route I'd recommend to do it in a different field and don't stay there for too long. Like work at McDonalds full time while getting your freelance hustle going on the side. Some manual labor where you don't have to think much is always great to reset your brain. It's pretty much like sport but you don't get paid for doing sports - generally.
@@kicka55 Nathan for you Episode, where they hire people from the gym to move people's stuff, and charge both the mover and the workers (who get a workout)
@@kicka55 Yes, instead of spending these 8 hours on improving your skills, spend them working wage slavery at McDonald's to "reset" your brain. Great advice man LOL👍. Go and work out for an hour to reset your brain.
@@kadya1712 The point is you still need money to get by. And if you make yourself independent you dont make any money in the beginning. If you do great. This advice is not for you. I'm talking about artists and such. By improving your skills you dont make any money either. You lose money practice painting for example. You need some kind of income source that does not exhaust your mind. That's where manual labor comes into play. Many artists like to work "simple" jobs on the side. If you look for a more mentally demanding job that maybe pays better you won't have any dopamine left for your freelance activities. Without dopamine you will quickly hate your life and quit.
I think you did a pretty good job at balancing the pros and cons of each option, because I was tempted by freelancing but am now leaning more towards full fime 😊 Also another pro of full-time is you can work in a team of great people with seniors to teach you stuff if you like to work in teams! Thanks for the great review!
If you end up working for a big company it’s unlikely you will learn sales, marketing etc. You will end up doing very narrow stuff for a minimum a year before the company will allow you to move internally… waste of career and time. Work for smaller shops!
It's good you mention cost of benefits. I have a friend who tried freelance consulting in the states and had to pay around 40K per year for family coverage. Absolutely had to have benefits provided through an employer. He says he may approach it again some day but will wait until kids out and on their own.
It's been said to death but it is because it's true: Networking. I was working a comfortable full time job and I told a couple of dudes at a party that I was a developer and the next week I had two amazing offers for freelance work and I was able to quit my job and just work with both of them for a few months, which gives me time to get even more clients. And I'm making way more money as well.
Hey man, can you do a video about taxes primarily, how you went about learning international tax, what to look for and so forth. I am Canadian, got into programming for remote opportunities to travel. However, admittedly I am not knowledgeable in this area and I don't even know where to start. Thank you kindly, lots of respect man
I am freelancing as a graphic designer, moving towards Front End Dev learning (HTML5 + CSS GRID). I reached a wall. I am wondering how do I transition toward building responsive sites? I mean do I start with a template of code and build upon that every time? I wish there was a place online to practice building websites. I need a base to go from. I really want to freelance in Web DeV. Any advice is appreciated for this beginner. Thank you!
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that the most important thing in life is to be happy. When I went to school, I was asked what I want to become when I grow up. I wrote "happy". They told me - "you did not understand the task", and I answered - "you did not understand life."
You're such an inspiration, Aaron. I teach English in Korea after a dead end job in Japan. I just finished an HTML course and I'm starting a frontend web development course next month. I'm really curious about life in Eastern Europe, especially Russia or Ukraine. Especially given the uncertainty of covid lockdowns, my new dream is either to be a freelance remote developer or a fulltime remote developer (that is possible, right?) earning USD while living in a low cost country.
Aaron you got me to switch from IT to software development back when you posted one of your first you tube videos about React. Fast forward and I’m now procrastinating on you tube while I run my unit tests lol. Cheers 🍻
f*ck having a boss. f*ck the boss! I don't wanna be on time everyday on some wank office ( even online ) and instead I wanna go about my own life, while making some money on the side
Learn the logic and design, then apply with any language, but dont try to learn syntax for all languages. Most times you learn for one language, you learn for them all. I'm not a programmer yet but it's what all these guys say.
For company health insurance, do you typically have to pay their premium from your salary (payroll deduction)? Or do tech companies tend to cover 100% of the cost?
I don’t know any company in the US that covers 100% of health insurance, be it in tech or any other industry. I am sure they exist but if you’re seeking employment in the US you should expect to pay a significant amount for insurance, it’s not cheap. Another thing people seem to forget is state income tax in states such as California where many big tech companies are located. Add to this the insane cost of living in the Silicon Valley and your net income might not be as exciting as what you thought it would be.
Any chance you can help out? I'm deciding between a freelance path (would lease a car) and a startup employee job (really nice salary, but no car). I'm medior engineer and very eager to learn
So how do you go about finding clients that need your skills starting out if you go the freelance side? Id imagine there wouldn't be a Craigslist ad or something asking for software developers.
Hey Aaron, have you ever thought in get your videos localized in Portuguese?I grew up in Brazil, now I work with language localization for games in UK and really like your approach, how can I kickstart on youtube by improving scalability in 274 million of Portuguese speakers sicking to have access to good quality material? Or is it something worthy to try?
what is a fulltime freelancer ? My contract says that. how can i work as a fulltime and a freelancer ? I work remotely and get a monthly credit salary. Can you help me ?
Aaron, is it possible to you to make a video about things like: plataforms to get paid, taxes, tradeoff and health insurance as a freelancer? Thanks. I like your videos
hey mate is freemote only for people who are trying to learn to code? I am Senior Software engineer so coding isn't the problem, I am more focused on finding clients.
Your story is inspirational. I’ve just started the journey to learning being in a similar situation to what you were. Just posted a vid of my first programme on RU-vid haha. All the best for 2022 bro!