So a lot of people always ask me how do I get my first paying gig as a branded developer.
I've just learned how to code.
I want to make money I want to do this professionally now and then I ask them Where is your web site
with your they've built or where is your apps on the App Store.
And like I don't have one.
How can you expect someone to give you money if you haven't built something.
So the very first thing you should do when you're learning to code is build something that is published
on the Internet.
So build a web site and whether that's you going and finding a lawyer and building a web site for a
lawyer or building your own web site it doesn't have to be or this is my story about me.
Nobody really likes that you need to build something that's real.
So go find somebody who needs something and do it for FREE.
Go build your very first product for somebody.
If you have an app idea put it on the App Store and they'll build something simple build something that
has value that can do things you know demonstrate how to do a log and for more are things that pull
data from a database like trying do something with value and purpose so again number one is build something.
Number two is once you've built something then show it on a portfolio Web site of some kind because
if someone doesn't know how to get a hold of you and to find out what you've built then they're not
going to find you.
So after you've built something put it on a Web site so wherever you go you can start giving people
the link for the Web site.
You can go to meet up in groups and you can give out your business card or you can go say here's my
web site and people can find you and they can pass it on to their friends you can e-mail it to people
super big deal.
OK.
Three go to meet ups and groups.
OK locally wherever you live go find development meet ups and groups because what happens is a lot of
businesses they come to these groups looking for developers they're looking for low cost developers
maybe first time developers just like you who build a project for them that's exactly what you need.
So go to these meet ups and start taking on jobs or projects.
Also these these meet ups developers often can't take on all the work that's been given to them they
say hey someone reached out to me for jobs.
Anyone here want to do that.
OK.
So that's number three go to a local meet ups and find people because there's lots of word of mouth
jobs out there.
And after that all you have to do is keep publishing new apps new Web sites keep producing stuff keep
putting on your portfolio and you're guaranteed to find somebody who wants to pay you to build something
because so long as you have things that are up there that people can see.
So one does not have the skills to do those things and they're going to come at you know again.
So number one is build something.
Case number two is once you've built something put it on a Web site.
And number three is go to meet up some groups and find word of mouth projects things like that.
And the reform is just keep building apps keep building websites keep going and going and you're guaranteed
to get a job if you keep consistent at that.
And that's it.