October 25, 2016 6:16 pm
Published by Mark TregoThe best web developers in the world have pretty cool jobs. When they’re not building awesome things for the web they’re giving talks at cutting edge tech conferences, leading experimental open source projects, and enjoying their six figure salaries however they see fit. It’s definitely not an easy road to the top. But it can be done. Stay motivated, always seek to improve, have the right skills in your arsenal and you’ll go a long way. Taking the following into consideration also helps too;
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October 19, 2016 12:19 pm
Published by PrasannikaYou’ve done all the study. You’ve gained all the skills. You’ve learned all the languages (or at least one). And you’ve landed your first ever programming job. Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step up the elusive coding career ladder. So what’s next?
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October 12, 2016 6:15 pm
Published by Mark TregoSo, you want to be a freelance programmer. Great! Freelance techies are always in high demand, especially web developers, software developers, designers and the like. Small companies often don’t have the workload to hire a programmer full-time, so they build relationships with freelancers and work with them as needed. Larger companies will take on freelancers for special projects to relieve the pressure on their own developers – usually for fixed contracts of a few weeks to a few months. So the good news is you have plenty of options, and with the right skills you can carve out a nice little niche for yourself.
In fact, there are so many opportunities for freelance programming that it’s pretty easy to earn a decent living doing it full time. However, there are few very important steps to take before you can get to that point. It goes without saying that you need to have well developed technical skills, so we’ll assume you’ve already gotten to that point. Wondering what to do next? Here’s where to start…
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