I always sort of wanted to seek development as a career, but was a lazy fuck and when I'd see you fags saying shit like 'learn to code is a meme, I can't find a job and am still poor' I'd convince myself not to. Well, I said fuck it one day like a year ago and started learning and have essentially been obsessed with web development since then, easily working/learning for like 12 hours a day.
Within my 3rd month of learning modern JS frameworks, I realized I could support myself fulltime off shitty little freelance jobs from upwork. Keep in mind I had roommates and a generally garbage living situation, I could probably live off of $16,000/yr if I had to (my rent was like $400). But atleast I could make money while I was learning something I enjoyed, and it seemed like the path to a better life was extremely clear to me.
Well, I quickly became more and more valuable and started charging more. I am on track to make +$60,000 from freelance work alone in 2022, have +$20,000 in savings from last year, just signed a lease on a pretty decent apartment in my city I'll get to live in alone. This is fucking awesome, I feel very good about myself and my situation. 60k/yr and 20k in savings is NOT much at all, but you have to keep in mind that I've literally lived in squalor with no purpose or any idea what I wanted to do for fucking years. It feels insanely good working every day, knowing I make so much more than I used to, knowing that the path to even more success is extremely clear. It's not even up for debate, I feel like I'll easily surpass six figures within a decade if I keep it up. That just feels great to think about, considering a year ago I made like $24k/yr, never had +$2000 in the bank and was poor as shit living with losers.
But yeah, that's basically it. You guys saying 'learn to code is a meme' are probably fucking retarded. If any of you are considering it but holding back because of the shit you see retards say on here, just do it
"Learn to code" is NOT a meme, at all
How do you get or find jobs for this stuff though?
You don't this is a meme thread. Upwork is crowded by pajeets paid $2/hr
anything that isnt a blackpill is a meme or else you risk becoming a contradiction
learn to Cope
>60k/y with US rent
>JS instead of TS
ngmi
>Upwork is crowded by pajeets paid $2/hr
I've applied to a grand total of like 19 jobs on Upwork and landed 5 of them. 2 of them essentially become part time jobs with decent pay and I work 40-50 hrs a week now. If anyone is coping, it's you. I think you're retarded. Who the fuck wants to hire a pajeet? Seriously, would you? No one who isn't retarded wants to hire one of them at $2/hr, especially for work that actually requires some intelligence and good communication between the client and worker.
I think you make the pajeet problem out to be much bigger than it actually is and I guarantee the average person hiring on there would prefer to hire someone from their own country for obvious reasons, they want quality work done of course
>>JS instead of TS
I use typescript, are you fucking retarded? The term isn't "TS framework" it's "JS framework" you fucking retard. Just shut the fuck up
user how did you learn
Teach us
It's not a meme but if you are not a good student then your only choice are local companies that will prefer local (white) people. And they won't pay you FAANG wages.
t. ask me anything im a pajeet who codes for a living