Should you Jump Directly into Freelance?
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- Опубликовано: 12 фев 2024
- The story is that you have a career, and you are interested in becoming a freelance web designer or developer. The question is, can you go directly into freelancing, or should you get a job as a web professional working for someone first?
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My two cents that: anything is possible, but oh man is it much harder. You need some level of confidence that you can absolutely solve their problem. And also be able to overcome all problems that come up in that contract. That’s not a bad thing, because it forces you to learn real quick. But, you could also fail your clients. So if you want to, then only take on things that you for sure know how to close and figure it out.
Completely agree. If a beginner developer or designer who struggles with impostor syndrome takes on some freelance work and, due to their relatively low skillset, has trouble doing the job to the 100% satisfaction of the clients, this could cause the freelancer's confidence to drop significantly more, to the extent that they consider quitting the tech game altogether. Alternatively, getting an entry-level job working for a company and growing your skills that way before jumping into freelancing might be a safer option.
Biggest of Software Services companies fail at delivery, they have everything at their disposal but still they fail
Overall statistics show that only 20% to 30% projects really succeed
So don't be afraid, give it your best shot and try to communicate with your customer and find a way out whenever you get stuck
@@codeskilldev this is a good point. I’ve found that can work only when there is an existing engineering team to fall back on. But there are definitely companies that don’t have on staff engineers and can’t afford someone full time: thus you are hired.
Also, I do want to say I sounded dramatic, and that’s not really the point. I’m 100% down for taking risks, I just want people to take the risks with eyes wide open.
Its harder to sell a course on that@@aaronkenney_17
@@aaronkenney_17Companies dnto give entry level programmer the time if day. I agree its safer but good luck doing that with a company. You need to work on learning the tech stack well , solve a problem and then only work onnthe problem you learned how to solve. For example, I am working on e commernce sites so that all I do. I will only go after clients that want this type of site, affter thar, I might learn something else and do the same thing once I am good at it.
That's exactly what I've done. I'm actually a teacher/bus driver and there was a group that needed help with their website because they saw my website and wanted one like mine. So, I built them one and I help them keep it updated. And that my friends, is Freelancing!
Fantastic, now you can show this success story to people with similar requirements and get more projects 👍
A freelancer is a self employed individual or a One Person Company. Every local business that operate solo like - Lawyer, Doctor, Architect etc is a 'Freelancer'. They just don't use that word as it's irrelevant. Rather they identify themselves with the service they're offering. I'd recommend everyone to position themselves as just 'Web Designer/Developer', not a Freelancer!
This is what I needed to hear. About to finish my bootcamp but I didnt think as a fresh dev I'd be skilled enough to go freelance just yet. But it seems I just gotta start off small
I would say best to do a job for a bit.. because the amount of tech problems you have to solve and building the muscles to do that is no easy task. Freelance they expect you to deliver ; in a entry job they will let you wear floatation device and doggy paddle for a bit... they will help you. The client wont help.
But on the up side.. maybe in freelance you might be able to start with one strong skill and just accept work along those lines.. I guess that would work ; in a job you have a range of problems to solve and broken things that you find dont work.. and you have to make work.
Over the last few weeks I have accidently brought down two websites and needed senior staff to recover them ; last week I saw my boss bring a website down. I would hate to be responsible for that as a junior feelance dev and have no idea or no backup to resolve the situation... but with experience I guess you reach a skill level where you know exactly what you are doing.. and can recover.
Thank you Great advice 😊
Glad it was helpful!
I purchased your web development course and after that I will jump into freelancing!!
It seem to me that everyone would benefit hearing exactly how the developers we like all made their first dollar from it. That seems to one of the hardest parts, seeing it is possible. So many people spend months learning but are never able to even get a dime back in return. Maybe those people weren't meant to be developers. Maybe they just needed to see that first success.
Like everything else 'it is hard at first, Messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end'
Thank you
Very true. I worked for Macromedia during Flash's heyday and I saw coworkers all around me losing their jobs circa 2002. When I lost mine a few years later, there were less than a dozen people left, and not too long after that, Adobe acquired them. So much for boardroom talks of having more than enough liquidity. 😂
It's ridiculously competitive here in the UK. If someone posts anything about requiring a website or web work on a business group or something similar there is about 50 replies in 10 minutes from freelancers, agencies and people recommending others. And that doesn't even include the groups where the Indians are allowed to reply and offer full websites for £50.
Agreed but try to move up the value chain, do things that 90% developers out there are not doing.
For example build some Wordpress plugin or Theme and provide services around it
My own personal experience jumping into freelancing was not a positive one. If I could go back in time 2 years I would have tried getting some type of junior developer job. Then after at least a year or 2 of a) growing my skills & confidence, and b) saving some FU money, then I would go into freelancing. I certainly believe freelancing can be a rewarding and profitable path to take, but there are some dangers of going that route with an inexperienced skillset.
Thank you, Stefan.
I haven't taken this plunge yet but I am excited to do so very soon
The illusion of security of working for a company--exactly. There was an worker owned grocery store in Maine--pretty interesting. A lot of incentive to improve the business and make it work. It was impressive. Not like a co-op, but not like freelance, either.
Upping the thumbnail game, I see. Nice.
Yes. After 8 years, it was time! :)
Freelancing also doesn't have job security. Many find it incredibly difficult to obtain or keep clients and most don't make as much as full time employment. There are pros and cons to both. Freelancing can be right for some people... It is more based on your personality than anything else.
Job security is an illusion these days.
Freelancing is like any other business where you could hit gold with a high paying customer with long term contract. While in a job with all its securities you could get laid off
But I agree its much more than a job cause you have to wear multiple hats all the time
At least you can get a job im the first place. At least with freelancing you can get exprience in the first place. Companies do not given recent grades and entry level the time of day due the quality of candaites so I have been told time again.
Most people will struggle to get a job anywhere at any rate, never mind jump straight into a well-paid freelance job.
This field is super hard to get into now anyway you slice it.
Now and in the past as well. It's never been easy.
Uncle Stef, are there opportunities to freelance for agencies and/or software houses/factories? Is this a thing in the US market?
Hey Stef, I’m working for a company that plans to implement an Azure solution for a client. I’m not familiar with Azure and thought this could be a good opportunity to pursue a certification for me to understand the fundamentals. I saw there is a developer certification pathway and thought to myself it could maybe help me to transition into development using the Azure experience I hope to gain. Do you think it would be worth doing this way? or is it better to just start with some small freelance projects on the side? or all the above?
How do you do freelance as a self taught?
Video coming out soon.
@@StefanMischook awesome! I’m guessing we have to do a lot of work for free at first to build a reputation though
Hey guys, it is possible to get freelacing projects as react/nextjs developer
React & Next are the most popular Frontend frameworks right now. With a good profile and portfolio you should be able to find good projects