HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPER AND GO REMOTE (Q&A WITH DYLAN WOLFF)
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Today, I'm finally sitting down with Dylan Wolff, a full-time remote developer to answer your questions on becoming a developer and going remote.
They are (in order):
1:39 What is the quickest track to having a marketable set of web dev skills?
6:28 How long will it take me to become a web developer?
9:16 Do I need to remember all of the specifics of the code I learn?
10:04 What skills are most in-demand and what websites do you use to find remote work?
13:39 What about buying lots of books?
14:59 Do I need a college/university degree?
18:24 Can university be good for networking?
19:37 Do you need good networking skills to be a freelancer?
22:38 Which websites do you use for networking?
23:55 What language should you learn?
24:52 What are the first steps to making money as a web developer?
26:14 Is it ever too late to start learning?
Resources mentioned include
- Best remote job sites (remoteok.io, weworkremotely.com/, www.workingnomads.co/)
- Blog post with Dylan christhefreelancer.com/internal-auditor-remote-developer-18-months-dylan-wolff/
- How I learned to code video • HOW I LEARNED TO CODE
- How I learned to code eBook christhefreelancer.com/how-to-...
- Stackoverflow.com for specific programming questions
- Graeme on the podcast christhefreelancer.com/podcast...
- Hastag nomads hashtagnomads.com
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Some really good advice here, thanks for sharing .
I learnt to code @ 29 with a wife and two kids. I'm 33 now and 4 programming languages later, its been the most fulfilling time of my life. Never to late to start, Just Do It ;)
Inspirational! Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you for tour testimony! I'm 29 and motivated to keep learning
Hi Mahmoud! Your reply is very inspring as you are close to my age. My question for you is are you currently working in development? Did the 4 programming languages suffice in finding yourself a job? Thanks!
Yeah, and was it an especially good paying job without a lot of stress or really long hours? Cause thats what 85% of adults looking to learn this skill are trying to get out of it.
How do you get the time! and the focus?
enjoyed the interview greatly, am turning 51 this year and starting my coding journey! keep the info flowing!
You can do it!
Hi I'm siris my email sirisranga@gmail.com , could we keep in touch on fb or something , I am now 39 , did work in IT network administration for 10 years but now looking to code and learn but am doubting if I can do it. need some inspiration and want to know if you made it , regards
The way they're holding the mic, at first I thought they were passing a joint back and forth.
Wes Lee lmaoo
Lol
Bruh! Me too 😂 I was waiting for dude to hit it and then realized it was a mic 😂
🤣🤣
Damn potheads lol
I'm 32 and started learning to code this year and loving it. Some good advice I received from a developer friend when figuring out which language to start with: "Don't pick a programming language because you think it would be most marketable, pick something that INTERESTS you and you want to work on in the future and learn the programming language behind it."
Michael Brown I'm learning at 32 also. I kind of have this fire under my ass, but also self doubting a bit too much.
Can't decide between Java or development.
I can say that in any professions if you follow something that does not work for you then you just lose your time and eff. Follow what you love and if you cannot earn what you want but at least you can say you tried hard enough to know It's actually just not fit you but once in your life, you did it.
Well, I'm 34)) i've strated learning frontend development in july. I like javascript and want to know everything about it both on client and server sides. Some people say that i'm a little old for that, but i don't think so. I hope in 2-3 years i will become a really professional fullstack developer. Wish the same to all of you.
I agree with Phạm Hữu Bằng . Bear in mind that you can go as far as you want to but, you need to learn in other areas as well in order to have something to fall back on if a sea change happens. This isn't rainy day advice. Its about covering your assets. If you can get started working for a good company, then you may not run into many issues but one of the more prevalent issues any developer will run into is burn out. You won't see it coming.
On another note, I will say that I completely disagree with one of the points in the video where the gentleman on the left recommends that you go for a technology that is in high demand and not the obscure language. Specialization is something that as you learn about this profession, you may want to consider. Working with a particular technology like SharePoint or Salesforce will take you from being a commodity and place you into the category of being someone who has leverage in their career. Taking a deep dive into a stack or technology is important.
if you're in this field to make as much money as possible, you need to find a way to break away from the pack and be the big fish. Otherwise you're just another guy who's writing html/javascript applications who can be replaced just as easily.
im surprised no one has yet addressed how the other guy's hair and beard is so on point. Great video btw 👍
Do I need a beard to make computer programs?
Yes
Jon M you really do need a beard
minutiae*
no but it probably helps...
If you shave your beard regularly, then eventually your facial hair starts growing inside of your head and neck, preventing the right amount of blood and oxygen from getting into your brain. Trust me, I'm an engineer
Whenever he says "build skills" i feel he needs to add YO at the end. Would sound a lot better ! XD "Build skills YO !"
Nice vid !
That last question really reassured me to learn coding. Insightful video. Thanks!and keep on making amazing videos.
Thank you for clearing up quite a few questions I had. Keep up the good work!
Hi Chris, I recently came across your videos and start following your channel. Thank you so much for your help
Thanks Chris for the video. I watch all your videos for the inspiration. I have a feeling we will meet one day in Thailand as I always resonate with your message. Keep up the good work! : )
Great interview, guys. After more than a decade hacking it in Japan this is a path I've decided to commit to. Love your straightforward tone and the content you share.
Great videos Chris - I had all these same questions that you guys covered on this one. Thanks!
good to hear this podcast. Got to know about lot of stuffs. Thanks man.
So nice to hear guys! I'm 34 graphic designer that wants to change career. Nice advices and I'm glad to find somebody that started to learn coding at my age. Nice video and thank you very much
Chris, you have helped me a lot in terms of everything. Thank you.
That was surely worth to watch. I have those doubts if I'm too old to start a new career in web developing and Dylan was just the same age as I am right now. Thanks guys :)
That's right man! Age is no barrier. Glad to help with those doubts of yours :)
great vid man, I've been keeping up with the podcast as well, I'm looking forward to the next episode.
Thanks anderson
Awesome vid man and thanks for the great call today, really useful advice!
Thanks Marc!
A lot of great information man! Thank you
Cheers Shawn
GREAT Q&A This really helped me out and gave me more motivation.
this is very helpful to me! thank you Chris the Freelancer :)
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This is so helpful!!! Thank you a ton!!!
Great content, thanks for putting the effort to share with the world!
Thank you for all of the helpful information in this video.
This is a really helpful video. I got your book to show support. Thanks for the tips to both.
Thanks Omar
congrats on 16000 subscribers!!
Awesome video Chris!
Amazing Video
Cleared Some confusion For Me
2 down to earth guys
Great info and very inspirational!
Hey Chris, tnx for the answer. Lots of cool stuff to learn from this vid!
Awesome! Thanks Uros
Thank you Chris. God bless your career.
Awesome video guys. Thanks for the upload!
Thank you Tom!
Thanks guys, awesome video!
I first thought they were handing eachother a joint lol
FIRST. ;D For real though, thank you for posting these! These videos are so helpful to teens like me. It would be so cool to meet you next year when I make the move to Thailand (if all goes well).
Thanks Drewie. Good to see you're getting on this early :)
nice! really should get into this as well...i am all about the ebooks for now...
Thank you for posting.
Excellent video.
Thankyou.
I'm gonna look into some coding videos you've inspired me
Great information, thanks
Audio is great. Thanks
Awesome positive video guys! Thanks for the inspiration. :)
Zachary Rowden thanks Zach
well about your channel and particularly this video i would say that this era needs these kind of channels and videos for the youngsters and old people(36yo) like me.Thanks for uploading these videos sir.godbless you
Thank you!
Thank You for this Video!!!
Thanks for giving me this link. I enjoyed watching it. One suggestion if u can describe about your application which you built in 2 days ;) n may b the code if u have.
I still not believe that nobody asked for "legal advice" working remotely............contracts, talking to clients, deadlines, protect yourself from lawsuits .......
great video. Subscribed.
Leonardi Caraballo Would you have tips regarding the topics you mentioned?
Thanks for this!
moved to the half video and I hear python... and this is the language I am learning now!!!
Hey Chris. Love the video!! I want to learn an easy to understand back end language, probably it's going to be RoR.
Do you think there will be enought remote jobs in RoR in the future (2017-2018)??
PHP FOR LIFE WOOOOOOOOH
Thank you guys! it hit me on the last question, because im 32 and I just started learning html/css a.k.a. web developing 101. I might need your help soon. thanks again brothers
im 28 and i asked myself that question..
Just as another tidbit of advice/motivation, y'all still have most of your life ahead of y'all. Average life expectancy is around 80 years old. Y'all still have 50 years ahead of you, which is much more than you've already lived!! Think about what you've done over the course of the past ~30 years; now imagine what you can do in 50!
Another useful info.
Great vids man.. I'm starting in web dev program soon and have spent some time debating moving to SE asia. What would you say is the most in demand skill set for DN now and in future? Thanks and keep up the vids!
Web development for sure man. You're on the right track
Excellent video! I have just started a 12-month, self-paced (I have 12-months to complete all the courses) online Web Developer program. I will get good exposure to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, JQuery, SQL, PHP, XML, and Ajax. As I am currently going through my first HTML course, I began to think and stress, nearly to the point of paralysis, "How am I going to remember all this?" During your video, you both addressed that concern quite simply. Thank you!
No problem! No need to worry at all!
Thanks Man!
Awesome video! Thank you for the information! Quick question: do you recommend boot camps to learn RoR / AngularJS... ? Thanks Chris :) Carole
Never tried any bootcamps. I personally prefer self-paced learning but it always helps to have people are to help (lol duh). I talk more about it in the book
Finding out about J-Space (I was born in Korea) from a fellow Aussie? Priceless! ⚡️👍 I'm in Korea soon as well, hope I get a chance to check it out.
Nice!
It is interesting to hear that there are plenty Rails jobs there, because here where I live there are virtually none available, nor there are any groups / meetups. (Eastern / Center Europe)
I am not that young at all and I have a BS and MS in Computer Science. Absolutely hated coding all my life. Had different jobs in IT and right now manage IT projects. I finally had a transformation recently and realized how much I hate my life because of my career because I am very artistic and creative and you don't get to utilize that managing cybersecurity projects. But almost none of the 'techies' get this. It just goes right over their heads and they just say 'oh many tech jobs out there, you will find something else'. But now I want to get back into coding and try one more time to see if the transformation I had to ignore outside noise and just do something to be independent and work for myself be a motivator for me. Well probably most people are not in my kind of situation but hoping that getting back into coding will be better experience this time. Thanks for this helpful video.
1sr0 how'd it go?
After years of working on the backend, I decided to start again with HTML5 and CSS : never had any major problems with Javascript that I couldnt nut out but CSS has always frustrated the hell out of me. I might be overstating things, but I think anyone of average intelligence grasps HTML fairly quickly - the cascade and the DOM just arent as intuitive for mine.
The best advice I can give newbies is to *confront your fears* - dont let another team member take complete responsibility for the presentation simply because you're happier wading into the code. Deadlines usually mean you wont have the luxury to do that every time, but the absolute last thing you want is to find yourself alone with pages of CSS you've never seen while your colleague is on leave (or on the way out the door permanently). I know developers who prefer CSS to coding the backend - horses for courses - but even static sites need Javascript to do anything worthwhile. Thanks for the vid.
Hey Chris, I might be visiting Chiang Mai in september. I was wondering if there were any onsite bootcamps for coding/webdevelopment etc? Cheers mate. Love the videos
Hey Don. I've never heard of something like that in Chiang Mai but who knows! You could be the one to set it up :)
I have started the Udemy course of PHP, the biggest course on there. Is this a good way to begin? I was planning to finish this course until i get it and then start with Javascript. Am i on the good road? Would there be job opportunities with this 2 skills? What is best to add? Please any suggestion is welcome.
you Dylan excellent answers cheers mate😀
Cheers floyd
I found my way here not (just) because I’m interested in
going remote, but because I have a sleeping disorder (non-24) that puts me in what
I think might be a similar situation of unusual availability as a digital nomad.
I don't conform to a 24 hour day, or any fixed pattern of sleeping and waking. Am
I on the right track? Is there remote work available such that you are only
rarely, if ever, expected to be available to communicate in real time? Work
where it doesn’t matter if you’re asleep for most or all of the hours during
which the company for which you are working is open? And since my sleeping
pattern can suddenly shift, the equivalent question as a digital nomad would
phrase it: Is there work such that it doesn’t matter if you move a few time
zones away in the middle of a project, resulting in a change to your sleep/wake
schedule? I don’t see why that would matter if you’re hired for remote work,
but I want to make sure.
Ruby on Rails is on the way out. Focus on Java and Node, infinite demand.
Angular and React for the front end.
Chlorophant Ive been learning nothing but pure javascript. What steps do you recommend after getting a solid base in JS to get employed asap?
agree MEAN stack is a great start
indeed/mean stack there alot of jobs offering
***** ya a new stack called MERN, mongodb, express, react, and node. Which ive been workings towards
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amazing video , keep it up
thank you
worth it cheers!
Thanks, your video was real;y helpful to me . i have learned html css and javascript and now i want to start freelancing . But i am very confused to where to and how to start . i have learned about about freelance sites like upwork edesk or freelance is worth trying them , i have seen a lot of videos telling people to not start freelance using these site. and where i live there is no one i know as a web developer or i can talk about it. what should i do and where should i start. I would really appreciate it.
Thank You!
Hi chris how is the starting ssalary for begginer web developper for example like you when you've started ?
im down, lets do this!
Hey Chris, what michrophone do you use in the video?
Wehee NodeJS!
Chris Mate! you mentioned in another video that there are a ton of marketing/social media consultants that go digitalnomad, are you going to do an inspiring nomad video with someone from this field? I feel that they are under represented on UA-cam videos and I'd love to know more. thanks!
Perhaps. I have a particular format with 'Inspiring nomads' in which I try not to include what I call 'accidental nomads'. That's why Dylan and Colin are on the blog. It's because they made a conscious decision to become location independent. I feature these people as I believe that the audience of newbies can better relate to their story however I'm not opposed to featuring any kind of nomad on the podcast.
+Chris the Freelancer that makes sense. I wasn't entirely sure what digital marketing involved so I wasn't aware if it was like coding where you build a skillset to use or if it was related to something completely different. my girlfriend and I have followed your lead and begun coding through free code camp. I'm unsure how to network online as oppose to in person but I'm sure we will work it out. anything else we should do during the prep stage other than blog, code, network? thanks again for all the advice
Hey Chris, what size is your Mac laptop? Thanks for the vid!
15''
Dude, that beard is epic.
I am 19 right now in college, and in debt. I want to drop out, but I have no job security. My dream is to be a digital nomad and live life.
Nothing wrong with dropping out and getting straight to work. In fact you might save a lot of money. But at least you should grab an associates degree at a city college. Its a great foot in the door. A 4 year really isn't necessary
Is there a free or low cost developer tools or is there any tool that you would recommend?
R + Shiny. High demand but few with the skills and experience. Trouble is you need a solid background in statistics and data science or machine learning.
Notice punspace chiang mai, and nomadlist stickers!! Both are on my mbp too :)
haxpor 👍
Hi Chris. I really enjoyed this session on how to become a developer. Any advice on free online full stack web developer courses?
christhefreelancer.com/resources/ scroll down for course recommendations
Nice shirt, Chris.
Thanks! lol
Thanks Chris and Dylan. Been doing remote Rails stuff for awhile now... no complaints. I'm curious how Dylan found the co-working space on Jeju Island, as well as Korea/Jeju in general?
I think we talk about it in the podcast interview but otherwise, feel free to message him on his website.
Oh cool, didn't realize the podcast interview was different from this one.
As time goes on, is it getting harder to compete with all the good foreign programmers these days on price? For example- lots of good developers in India, etc. that will work cheaper.
Also, at the very end of the video, you mention you don't do web development anymore? What have you switched to? Thanks!
ua-cam.com/video/bBQ_UZ8AnVE/v-deo.html
Is it me or most of the jobs on the remote job board websites are senior level ? Is it realistic to expect to find a junior level job on there ?
I noticed the same thing
Hey Chris. Thanks for very inspiring videos. I too dream about becoming a developer and I have to say my degree is kind of a failure. Understandably, the last thing I want to do is enrolling at a university again so I want to learn programming on my own. The question is however, how to go about finding a job with no experience and no degree. How will I prove that I actually have necessary skills? Cheers!
Focus on building skills before your first job and don't worry about degrees. You don't need one to work with smaller firms (for the most part)
Thanks a lot! You're giving me lots of confidence in my plans! Cheers!
I'm interested to coding but I'm not familiar with computer so well ,also English is not my first language . What should I do in the first step?
Some devs aren't good with computers either, but obviously it'll come with time and knowledge because one is part of the other. Also english in programming is obviously required, but shouldn't be a problem if you understood the english in the video correctly
hey guys great video...I'm a new developer starting my journey in online market place but I'm confused about how much should I charge per hour as a new front end developer
That depends on where you are. Might have to look up averages for your country or region
i live in dhaka, Bangladesh. I could not find much information in google about the average pay scale. Hypothetically, lets say if i am on a beginner level how much would you suggest me to charge? Thanks
Chris, so do you still do Web Development? what is a starting salary for someone that is self taught in java, css?
Nah man. I use my web dev skills occasionally but I'm now working in traffic & conversion. No idea about the salaries of Java workers. I'm sure you'll be able to find some stats online though
Hey Chris, great vid. I have 1 quick question. About how many hours a day were you spending learning to code when you first started? It is pretty impressive to get a job within 3 months.
Thanks!
Hey Troy. I dedicated one full day a week to learning but I used other free time as well. In reality, it wasn't my skill level that got me hired. If you're interested, I explain everything in detail in my book 'how I learned to code' coming out in the next month
+Chris the Freelancer Alright sounds great. So you'd say about 24 hours a week? Idk why I get hung up on hours spent. But it's kind of how I set my goals to stay disciplined. I know I should probably just spend as much time as I can but make the time not rushed or pressure induced.
Also, you mentioned not doing web development currently. What is it that you're working in now? As a nomad..
+Troy Lambert I'm currently working as a traffic & conversion specialist for a location independent entrepreneur I met in Chiang Mai
Disagree with the idea to follow What's popular. You'll only have more competition, and thus lower rates.
Trust me if you don't love to code, you won't code. If you have a passion for it, just like any other career, you won't have to worry about the competition because few people like it.
I disagree.
Might be true for other careers, but the demand for developers is at an all time high and there isn't enough supply.
Let's say I want to build and maintain web sited for clients. I dont have to learn javascript or ruby. Just wordpress, right?
I suggest you check out my free eBook for the answer but the short answer is yes.
christhefreelancer.com/how-to-code-book
the MEAN full stack is in demand
On average what are your monthly income from working as a developer?
Does learning a new language can help (Spanish or german) ?
In Asia, so much fight here for getting remote software jobs and all know English so I was thinking of learning new language so I can get out of the crowd
Learning English, I think is always a good idea.
Seems like web development is more promising in terms of jobs :/ (I'm an android/java mobile app developer).
Im starting to hit a wall. Ive been learning nothing but javascript and now I dont know what to do with it or where to start to get employed.
Dragon move on to angular, and node. If you want to get employed you either need a degree, projects, or a combination of the two.
Dr. Savage What kind of projects would you recommend doing in angular and node to get employed? Right now all I have done is make a few websites.
I'm an embedded software engineer so Im not really sure.
angular is overengineered bloatware
Cant agree more. React is the way to go!
When you say agencies do you mean there are web design agencies who hire freelancers and give them regular work?
Yes
Are you stay in thailand? That is my dream a remote developer jobs,
now I'm work as a full-stack developer with angularJs for a thai company but not remote. Your advice is very useful. Thanks a lot.
I did for a while but not anymore.
Chris the Freelancer Did you need to create everything from scratch when you work? Did you work with some part or every part of a project at a time?
Is there many development jobs in Thailand, love your country.