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In this lesson, we will discuss the path towards becoming a freelance developer.

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A quick note If you are already a developer and you have your skills established, you can feel free

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to skip ahead to the lessons about building a profile and finding jobs.

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The reason I want to go over freelancing as a developer is because the demand for coding skills is projected

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to continue to increase and it's not slowing down any time soon.

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That means that the freelance developer career outlook is very bright, and that's mainly because it

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hits on all of these must haves for a lucrative career path.

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The first is it being relevant?

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The skill that you choose to focus on as a freelancer must be relevant for the next ten plus years.

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This skill should be valued for many years in the future because that is what guarantees your job security.

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Next is demand.

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Demand for people with the skill should be higher than the supply of people providing that skill.

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Now, of course, the smaller the available pool of skilled workers in the industry, the more control

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you can have over your job, your income, and the companies that you choose to work for.

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After that is salary.

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The ability to have a high salary regardless of your number of years in the industry is vital because

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you don't want to spend many years climbing the corporate ladder at some company before you're able

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to actually make a decent living.

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You want to be able to get experience and start making a livable salary as quick as possible.

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And lastly is competition.

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You want to pick a skill where you can catch up to the top performers in the industry in the shortest

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amount of time possible.

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And with coding, you don't need to have an expensive degree.

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All you have to do is choose what specific coding skill set or engineering skill set you want to focus

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on and then put your time and energy into learning that using online resources, just like the Steam

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Academy.