What I learned as a student and how it can be applied to freelancing (Part 1)
Today, I would like to share with you the importance of business in addition to knowing how to program. Especially for freelancers, you need to think of ways to survive while enjoying your programming passions. As a student, I had to learn the difficult way – how to study about programming and focusing on schoolwork while surviving and paying the bills without getting into debt. So, I stumbled on many online and print resources. The first thing – most important is to save money!
Money saving is important because “a penny saved is a penny earned.” As much as you want to buy a book to develop your programming skills, have you thought about checking out free online resources or borrowing that book from the library? Think about return on investment in some cases. Is that new software necessary or can I stick with open source variations? Do I really need a fancy text editor when I can use many free ones that have quite a number of cool features?
Here are just some things to think about. Continue checking out our blog to learn more. Most importantly, have a happy holiday!