I am really glad that you focused on finding a niche. I was a consultant for years and now hire freelancers. With so many providers to choose from, being really good at your niche is far more valuable than being a good all-rounder.
We were doing C# this semester (I am a first year) and I was very good at it but my classmates were not that good so I offered to tutor them for free since I didn't realize how many people in my course really needed help. I started tutoring 5 people and after our first test,(a lot of people did bad) I was tutoring 20 people free of charge and after we wrote our second test they sent me a few bucks(20usd which is quite a lot in my country) thanking me for helping them. So I really do agree that tutoring can be done by anyone at any level. Good Video👍
after acing my first business informatics exam, the guys who created the exam offered to me to work for them :) I was there for 3 years and had a decent student's wage. For one of those years I was an official tutor and I cannot imagine a more chill job honestly. Of course, this depends heavily on the topic of what you're tutoring. I wasn't even really programming back then. I just learned Python faster than others because I was the only one who found it to be fun ^^
Thank you very much Tim! I'm 17yrs old and I'm a Nigerian. I've watched most of your videos and you are an inspiration to me. I wish to meet you in person.
I second tutoring as well. It's a lot of fun. It's also challenging. Just thinking about your content you put out, you make it look easy, taking a big scary 'new concept' and breaking it down into easy to understand ideas that a beginner can 'get'. Idk how many people realize how good you are at doing that. But those people can attain that skill too. Just through helping others. Like seriously, try to take a concept like 'immutable vs mutable' objects in python & explain it thoroughly & in depth, while not being overwhelming. It's a lot harder than it looks.
I CAME FROM YOUR THIS VIDEO="5 Mini Python Projects - For Beginner hey myan ! honestly i was in search of this kind of video from last 12 months , but literally i had found nothing similar what i think so i was confusing wheather to continue learning programming language or not but you gave me the hope and full confident . Literally myan i was looking videos for last 12 months but i have never gained any-thing though i learned some of the basic but i don't know where to utilized my learned basic butttt when i watched your video than i came to know that i have learned lots of things and now-onwards i will be doing similar kind of project and from easier project to tougher one . Thanks a lot myan . i can't even explain what i am feeling right now . haha i know my english is weak because it's not my major language but i tried to explain . love you bro from buttom of the heart. LOVE FROM NEPAL HOPING FOR YOUR REPLY
If you don't hate people, doing some minor plumbing etc is a good way. Programmers usually have a good aptitude for that area too. Bit of a left field suggestion.
I go the Courses route, since it´s scaleable and you don´t have to argue with clients, do maintaining of software or any other stuff which I already don´t like at my full time job 😀
Great video with some ideas and strategies which I had not thought about before. Particularly I like the part about focusing on a unique niche as a freelancer.
I think it's also important to get a feel for how much you can charge - for 2 reasons, First, so you don't price yourself out of the market by being too expensive. Second, you do not want to sell your services at a rate below that which you deserve, or at a point where you do not make a profit - you will absolutely get ripped off by someone, and you will lose money/time. This cycle can be very hard to break if you get stuck in it.
Is there a way to know how much one should charge for their work? I think it becomes kinda intuitive with age and experience, but when you are starting out, how do you know if you are charging too much or too less? Do you look at the rates that others put forward? Since it can vary so much, wouldn't it lead to more confusion? Not trying to counter your points. I agree with you. I'm just genuinely curious as to how I would know the fees I should charge someone with. I'd probably fall under the point #2 thing, so, if i were to do a side hustle in the future, I'd definitely want to make sure I don't charge less than I should.
@@nbrocx4216 You are 100% right, it's a tough one. I know Tim mentioned prices, but it depends heavily on where you live. The "brute force" approach would be to call people already advertising and ask. Otherwise, look for advertisements with pricing, and see if they publish any sort of portfolio. If you have skills to match, then price in a similar way. There's no harm in changing your prices if you realise you are too high or too low. Decent customers understand that you need to make a profit, and you'd be surprised how many are willing to support people starting out/trying to get ahead, especially if you live in the same area.
@@cerealport2726 Thanks for the detailed and very informative answer. Believe me when I say this, I learned a lot from your comment. :) Yeah. You are right. It definitely depends on the place where you live. Where I'm from, the minimum wages are a lot lower than in most European or American countries, so people are often willing to work at ridiculously low rates, so long as they get some money in the first place. It's therefore easier for many companies to exploit this and just hire the one who is willing to work for the lowest salaries. When the scene for FT employment is like this, the scene for side hustles is even worse. The last sentence in your comment gives me a lot of hope, because I've almost not come across these decent customers at all so far. But it's nice to keep believing in good things. :)
I would like to add another side hustle : Participate on online Programming/Hardware Prototyping Contests, you will need to have some knowledge on electronics/semiconductors as well as programming
bro you are the best. i enjoy as i watch you grow. i might start tutoring the software course in my class in university bcs a lot of people are struggling and i think i'm pretty comfortable in it. thank you for the idea
General freelancing can really suck, he makes a great point. I have a $5 calculator add and i rarely get any clients and they usually expect me to do something i cant do or for an unreasonable price. People on fiverrr have high expectations for a $5 add... Also they expect you to drop everything and do their project immediately. My bet like the man says to make a specific add for something like GUI or Pygame stuff or something very niche and then charge accordingly to your time.
I've been using fiverr alot the last year to help me learn programming. Soon ill try to make money there myself. My experience is that gigs that are somewhat good at what they do, charge somewhat good money, no matter where they live.
My first experience with tutoring was a disaster. The guy wasn't learning anything and I was doing all his homework. Unfortunately I think he had a very low IQ, and was always taking about Andrew Tate, in that he was very motivated, but had no brain cells to back it up.
The concern raised in point point #4 makes all the point (1-3) redundant, there’s always someone making a website or consulting or tutoring cheaper than what your ask price is.
What this video doesn't say is how much underpaid work a freelancer needs to do to build reputation. Especially if you are used to a day job having to freelance after work is definitely a jarring and tiring experience.
Let me tell you how it is for most people. Tutoring- good luck making more then $25 at any age no matter how much you know, unless of course ur really big on social media. You’ll be making more around 18-20 and limited hours a week.
I guess it depends on the country. In mine, the regular tutors charge at around $10 per hour (depending on the exchange rate). So, there's no way most of us non-experts could charge above that. $18-20 per hour, for a few hours a week still seems nice, tbh, but I can understand it not being enough when the cost-of-living expenses (in the country where you are from) are factored in.
Hi Tim, I'm unable to purchase programming expert io, i get card was declined for all cards.. there's a discount going on and I'm unable to avail the same which expires in 30 mins. Pls help.
I don’t normally code in python or css My expertise is in making scripts in lisp for Autocad and also machine code in cpp. Not really sure where to market that lol
I'm not Tim, but I think you definitely should offer tutoring services. Idk how popular Garry's Mod is these days, but up until 2 years ago, I knew it was still quite popular. I'm sure there are people who'd be interested in learning about it. Depending on how you are going to structure/organize your tutoring sessions, you could advertise your services and wait, while you work on other things. If it works, it'd be awesome. If not, you wouldn't have spent too many resources on it for it to be a costly failure. So, I'd say, go for it. :)
@@nbrocx4216 All good brotha, doesn't have to be a reply from Tim. I wanted to ask someone, but it felt weird to ask everyone who saw the comment, because people usually don't see my comments 😂
@@Jova Ah. Okay. I can relate to the "people don't see my comments" part too, if I have to be honest. xD I can't say much about GMod, but I can give an example in the form of the games I love to play: Doom (the classic one, from 1993) and Age of Empires 2. I've been very interested in learning about understanding those 2 games from a programmer's POV. But, at the time when I had started my search (2015 or so), there was virtually no one who was trying to explain the code. Even now, I think there are only 1-2 channels that do that for the games, and it's more for the mods than for the base games themselves. So, if I were given the chance, I would have loved to see an expert in those games offer tutoring services. I believe there are many who share a similar interest for GMod. And, popular youtubers still play that game (such as Vanoss Gaming). As long as it stays reasonably popular, you can expect people to be interested in some part or the other about the game. Sorry for the long comment. It wasn't required, tbh. But, I wanted to give you the assurance that tutoring for Gmod (or any game that still has an active community) is a good area, for sure. If you decide to take this idea seriously and go ahead with tutoring, I wish you the best. Teaching others is a great feeling. And, when you get to see them teach others successfully, it feels even better. :)
Anyone here want consulting on building a chrome extension. I’ve spent days figuring out the basics. Hardly anything about it online, even less so for mv3. Heck I’ll do it for free.
@@coderanger7708 if you ever get a chance to look at one up close they are kinda neat. They have a slit all around the edge that focuses the air The blower/motor is housed in the base. Makes it so they are blade less and pretty quiet
Best side hustle, get a different major if you can before this whole field goes down the shitter. Every poor country will be able to do your job in the next few years.
they do it very poorly relative to US based tho. They have no context, so can only follow exact requirements. Devs in the states know more of what’s going on, so they can actually problem solve. Problem solving is the job, not just programming
