i want to know how to become a freelance programmer. the first thing you need to learn is at leastone programming language. while there are apps to help you make other apps, that’srarely going to get you a job, unless you work for those companies to help those whocannot even use the app to make an app. i’ve learned more than one programming language.
Android jobs, hopefully more than html and javascript, thoughyou can get some basic freelance projects with that. if you want to become a freelanceprogrammer, you’ll need a portfolio too. i thought a laundry list of programming languageswould be enough. if you say you know php, you need to be ableto do more than build word press plug-ins,
unless that’s all you’re going to offer.in order to sell your talents, you need to demonstrate them. that’s rather hard when so many people relyon their resume to do so. i’m not sure being laid off from a failedtech startup is better than being pure freelance, but you are competing with some of them. however,your portfolio is going to be the proof you can do more than quote the book on that particularlanguage. what portfolio are you talking about? it might be a web page you create with shoppingcarts and interactive calculators or free online games on a website or a list of appson the app store that someone can check out
to see what you can really do. so you’re saying i need the digital equivalentof an artist’s printed out portfolio to show to potential clients. and creating apps for the app store or googleandroid that meet someone’s needs will generate income for you too. assuming they pay to download it. that’s why you might build in monetizationwith purchases of extra lives or bonus levels. candy crush made a billion dollars doing that. and most apps do not even make the seven toten thousand dollars worth of time, licensing
and fees it cost to make and place. so make a few apps that are free or cheap,or get paid by someone else who sees the need for the app, so you get paid whether or notother people pay for the app. what else can i do to become a freelance programmer? start on various gig sites offering low costservices with a caveat that they have to give you a review on that site, so your score risesto the point that you are eligible for higher paying tasks.
i suppose that’s better than working forfree hoping to sell some apps. the other benefit of working through gig sitesis you have the ability to lean on the gig
hosting site to help you get paid if the clientdoes not pay, whereas you have little hope if a guy won't pay you if you work with himdirectly.
