Thanks for the advice josh. This video realy touch me. I'm starting my frelance carrer, and i already have my first client. We are bulding a platform using the t3 stack and Im super happy for finally arrive in the industry. I follow you since late 2022, I'm glad that you are growing so fast. You really deserved it! Saludos desde argentina Josh!
Great video introducing freelancing, loves especially that sneak peak into a quote :) If I started as a freelancer I would have been scared out of my mind. You have no oversight and don't know what good quality work looks like. Reaching out to get a good mentor looks like a must if you go that route early on. I would argue it's easier to grow with a team at first, but you do have to find that first job.
Been freelancing for 15 years. There needs to be a clear distinction between “working with” and “working for” your clients. The latter is what I see a lot of Juniors, who jump the freelance gun, often succumb to.
I have a business partner and we go to local network and business events and pass out business cards for websites. We have made a lot of websites for local businesses this way, it's an extremely successful method of pulling clients. Marketing is as important as the work.
I was thinking creating a design beforehand would be half the work. Wouldn't you need that to handle expectations? How do you show the client beforehand what the site will look like? Do you just show them a prebuilt UI library component, a similar website, just a wire frame, or an actual design in Figma?
Another thing I did to make money while I was in University was to do tutoring privately for people that want to learn development in 1:1 classes. This made me good money and can be a good side hustle especially because you can do it online and you can offer things like first class 1/2 price etc.
Your video was excellent! I truly enjoy watching your content. By the way, do you have any tips on acquiring more high-paying customers from abroad? In my area, there aren't many lucrative job opportunities available.
Hey Josh! Awesome topic, thats what helps all of us learning more cool tech stuff while making a living out of it. What a time to be alive. Please share more videos like that. Super cool!
Please more of these kinds of videos because yt is full of how to videos but no one teachs you how to actually make money using those skills, I want yo earn money
No, I'm saying that sharing your work with others is super important. Whether that's through yt, twitter, blog articles or newsletters is not nearly as important as actually getting it out there and seen by people. There's a great book by Austin Kleon named "share your work" on this
So I suppose you mostly get remote (rather than local) clients, correct? Curious about that because I'm from Portugal and if I could charge good money from international clients I'd probably be able to live very comfortably given the low cost of living here. If you do work with international clients, do you find there's much hassle involved in terms of bureaucracy when working with clients from other EU countries?
Yeah, one client was in-person and all others are remote. The thing that threw me off the most was currency conversion, because for example through PayPal they take a MASSIVE cut. Bureaucracy is not an issue, even when working with clients from the US or so. They've already paid taxes on that money, and so do I here in germany and that's pretty much it
Hey josh, thank you for the great work you put it each and every time. you've inspired me to start my own channel ❤ Can you please share what kind of microphone and camera you use?
1. Learn 2. Work in companies(get real experience) 3. Be able to earn independently(freelancing) 4. Built a team(hire freelancers) 5. Establish IT company ... What you think? Fix or improve my opinion
is it okay to examine how other people have done something and read their code if it's available when you're trying to build something? like to see how all the components are working together and then implement your own improved version of that code. I always feel guilty about doing this; it feels like I'm cheating and I don't have any skills.
That's literally software development you've described right there. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Give credit where credit is due, and open-source projects are there to learn from. All the best for you man
In school, this could be true, but it's okay, of not better for your clients, if you lean on the work of people that are better than you with experience. After a while, you'll find that you're the one who gets there work copied. Because it'll be good. You will learn best by making things.
The question is, do the stakeholders who hire you watch your tutorials? I think your audience is the developers, but they don't hire you. And I think especially in Germany it's really easy to get hired as a freelance developer. But again it’s changing time for money. Or was you able to find jobs where you was paid by the output / result and not per hour? Don’t get me wrong, i like your channel and share your videos always with my developers. But i was always asking me, if the stakeholder or customers who hires you would really watching your videos?
Some do, some don't. As for the ones who do, they are usually looking for someone to assist them in building some kind of project. As a freelancer you get to choose the pricing, both per-hour and project based have their own advantages and disadvantages. I mostly go for project-based because it uncouples your productivity from your compensation
A video about the whole development cycle and interaction with a client would be awesome
Yes please
Thanks for the advice josh.
This video realy touch me.
I'm starting my frelance carrer, and i already have my first client.
We are bulding a platform using the t3 stack and Im super happy for finally arrive in the industry.
I follow you since late 2022, I'm glad that you are growing so fast.
You really deserved it!
Saludos desde argentina Josh!
That is so nice to hear man. Really means a lot.
Great video introducing freelancing, loves especially that sneak peak into a quote :)
If I started as a freelancer I would have been scared out of my mind. You have no oversight and don't know what good quality work looks like. Reaching out to get a good mentor looks like a must if you go that route early on. I would argue it's easier to grow with a team at first, but you do have to find that first job.
yeah it can be very overwhelming at the beginning. I think that's pretty normal and the only way to get over it is doing it anyways
Thankyouu for sharing josh!!
I'm currently starting my career as a freelancer, your advice is very helpful for me.
very happy to hear that!!
You have me as a fan. You always provide value in every video
appreciate you man!
Been freelancing for 15 years. There needs to be a clear distinction between “working with” and “working for” your clients. The latter is what I see a lot of Juniors, who jump the freelance gun, often succumb to.
yeah good point man
Lol, I was that freelancer too 🤣 ... 15 years ago. Good times. 👍
hey can i make whole website using HTML and CSS ?
thank you josh i wish you do more videos like this about freelancing in the future
yeah it's a topic I realy care about, this video was awesome to make too
Great video man! This is why I started my yt channel. I love teaching and I’m going to document my journey of starting my development agency.
I have a business partner and we go to local network and business events and pass out business cards for websites. We have made a lot of websites for local businesses this way, it's an extremely successful method of pulling clients. Marketing is as important as the work.
Josh is not afraid to say things! Thank you for valuable sharing
how much i charge for a propfirm website ??
I was thinking creating a design beforehand would be half the work. Wouldn't you need that to handle expectations? How do you show the client beforehand what the site will look like? Do you just show them a prebuilt UI library component, a similar website, just a wire frame, or an actual design in Figma?
I'd recommend you to look into wireframes, they're great for just this use case
Thank you for your advice josh!
You're welcome dude!
How can I make my first 1M tho
Hi Josh, I enjoy your videos thanks.
A nice term for the opposite of a “vicious circle” is a “virtuous circle”
ahh cheers man, great to know :D
Can you make a video on which specific web development skills are most important for starting a SaaS company pls
Great video bro, can you upload the quote doc? thanks♥
how long does it take you to finish a contracted project?
Great advice Josh! Great video as usual!
How we could get the proposal template man? You promised us for the proposal template.
New vidoe, new thing to learn, thank you so much for what you do ❤
appreciate ya dude
Another thing I did to make money while I was in University was to do tutoring privately for people that want to learn development in 1:1 classes. This made me good money and can be a good side hustle especially because you can do it online and you can offer things like first class 1/2 price etc.
Hey man, I have a question. Why do people write APIs if they can use 'use server' components in Next?
Hey Josh, Could you share the word document link? It would be very helpfull? I really like the way of signing a contract 🔥
Your video was excellent! I truly enjoy watching your content. By the way, do you have any tips on acquiring more high-paying customers from abroad? In my area, there aren't many lucrative job opportunities available.
Hey Josh! Awesome topic, thats what helps all of us learning more cool tech stuff while making a living out of it. What a time to be alive. Please share more videos like that. Super cool!
cheers dude!
Please more of these kinds of videos because yt is full of how to videos but no one teachs you how to actually make money using those skills, I want yo earn money
Bro I am from germany too. what kind of company did you create?
Did you do a Unternehmergesellschaft or Keingewerbe or something completely different
Hey, can you please share your freelancing quote template by uploading somewhere and sharing its link?
I created an app and now reach 1000 user on firebase in two months, is that good thing ??
basically bro told us to start a youtube channel 💀
Yes bro big tech tools sponsor just to do videos like prismadb clerk redis like that..
ps, Josh is still the goat
No, I'm saying that sharing your work with others is super important. Whether that's through yt, twitter, blog articles or newsletters is not nearly as important as actually getting it out there and seen by people. There's a great book by Austin Kleon named "share your work" on this
@@joshtriedcoding show your work you mean.
great book btw!
@@breakinggood-r2v that's a good point
Thank you for sharing this. You are the best.
Appreciate ya man
What font is that on the word doc headers??? looks v nice
thank you very much for this particular video that you have created
lol youre welcome
So I suppose you mostly get remote (rather than local) clients, correct? Curious about that because I'm from Portugal and if I could charge good money from international clients I'd probably be able to live very comfortably given the low cost of living here.
If you do work with international clients, do you find there's much hassle involved in terms of bureaucracy when working with clients from other EU countries?
Yeah, one client was in-person and all others are remote. The thing that threw me off the most was currency conversion, because for example through PayPal they take a MASSIVE cut. Bureaucracy is not an issue, even when working with clients from the US or so. They've already paid taxes on that money, and so do I here in germany and that's pretty much it
Hey josh, thank you for the great work you put it each and every time. you've inspired me to start my own channel ❤
Can you please share what kind of microphone and camera you use?
congrats man! I use a shure sm7b and a nikon d750, but my advice is to not worry about your setup at all during the first 20 videos
@@joshtriedcodingappreciate the advice bro! ❤
do you work fulltime?
can you provide quote template link
Can you share a good link on how freelancing (Taxes etc) work in Germany. Just moved here recently
This trick is helpful Josh,
How should I find remote react developer jobs?
ofc first, i'll be making 1000$, thanks josh
you charge the full amount prior to starting the work? That seems a bit tough no?
It depends on the project scope and previous meetings. Having a 50/50 split is also very common
@@joshtriedcoding makes sense. Thanks for the video, as a full time dev looking to transition to freelance this was very insightful.
josh please share this template somewhere using a link
1. Learn
2. Work in companies(get real experience)
3. Be able to earn independently(freelancing)
4. Built a team(hire freelancers)
5. Establish IT company
...
What you think?
Fix or improve my opinion
6. Build a startup.
@@joemwangi8364 it should probably be a part of the all starting from the step 3
sounds like a very reasonable path
Do you use any site to find those freela jobs?
How can I make 1K as a Backend Dev because i am struggling to get into tech any suggestions.
I'd go into selling an API as a service if you're mainly backend. Things like RapidAPI make this very easy
learn frontend and become fullstack, then learn design and you are fully on yourself
Guter content 👍 Weiter so
Please share your doc as a google sheet. Thanks Josh :)
is it okay to examine how other people have done something and read their code if it's available when you're trying to build something? like to see how all the components are working together and then implement your own improved version of that code. I always feel guilty about doing this; it feels like I'm cheating and I don't have any skills.
There is nothing new under the sun so dont worry. We just improve on the already existing and your clients dont even care about all that
That's literally software development you've described right there. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Give credit where credit is due, and open-source projects are there to learn from. All the best for you man
In school, this could be true, but it's okay, of not better for your clients, if you lean on the work of people that are better than you with experience. After a while, you'll find that you're the one who gets there work copied. Because it'll be good. You will learn best by making things.
I can't believe your quote number doesn't start counting at 00
The question is, do the stakeholders who hire you watch your tutorials? I think your audience is the developers, but they don't hire you. And I think especially in Germany it's really easy to get hired as a freelance developer. But again it’s changing time for money. Or was you able to find jobs where you was paid by the output / result and not per hour?
Don’t get me wrong, i like your channel and share your videos always with my developers. But i was always asking me, if the stakeholder or customers who hires you would really watching your videos?
Some do, some don't. As for the ones who do, they are usually looking for someone to assist them in building some kind of project. As a freelancer you get to choose the pricing, both per-hour and project based have their own advantages and disadvantages. I mostly go for project-based because it uncouples your productivity from your compensation
i made my first 1000 USD with a basic trivia JavaScript website i built for a small company... gud video
Bro forgot to share the link to the quote template document
Great video! But August is the 8. month not the 9. :D 7:54
wow good catch
@@joshtriedcoding i like to watch every detail in your videos :)
Nice one
thanks
Ok, cool💙💙
Fine I understood my mistake.
Can I learn Typescript and Next.js with your Breadit Tutorial
yeah that's the point haha
Make Video On Csrf In NextJs
Please make simple tutorial for onclick,onsubmit,onchange & input value in react 🙏🙏
I've moved to Germany recently, so the tax stuff is helpful :seemsGood:
Top content as per usual🫡