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So a lot of people always ask me how do I get my first paying gig as a branded developer.



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I've just learned how to code.



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I want to make money I want to do this professionally now and then I ask them Where is your web site



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with your they've built or where is your apps on the App Store.



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And like I don't have one.



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How can you expect someone to give you money if you haven't built something.



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So the very first thing you should do when you're learning to code is build something that is published



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on the Internet.



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So build a web site and whether that's you going and finding a lawyer and building a web site for a



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lawyer or building your own web site it doesn't have to be or this is my story about me.



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Nobody really likes that you need to build something that's real.



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So go find somebody who needs something and do it for FREE.



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Go build your very first product for somebody.



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If you have an app idea put it on the App Store and they'll build something simple build something that



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has value that can do things you know demonstrate how to do a log and for more are things that pull



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data from a database like trying do something with value and purpose so again number one is build something.



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Number two is once you've built something then show it on a portfolio Web site of some kind because



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if someone doesn't know how to get a hold of you and to find out what you've built then they're not



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going to find you.



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So after you've built something put it on a Web site so wherever you go you can start giving people



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the link for the Web site.



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You can go to meet up in groups and you can give out your business card or you can go say here's my



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web site and people can find you and they can pass it on to their friends you can e-mail it to people



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super big deal.



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OK.



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Three go to meet ups and groups.



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OK locally wherever you live go find development meet ups and groups because what happens is a lot of



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businesses they come to these groups looking for developers they're looking for low cost developers



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maybe first time developers just like you who build a project for them that's exactly what you need.



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So go to these meet ups and start taking on jobs or projects.



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Also these these meet ups developers often can't take on all the work that's been given to them they



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say hey someone reached out to me for jobs.



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Anyone here want to do that.



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OK.



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So that's number three go to a local meet ups and find people because there's lots of word of mouth



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jobs out there.



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And after that all you have to do is keep publishing new apps new Web sites keep producing stuff keep



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putting on your portfolio and you're guaranteed to find somebody who wants to pay you to build something



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because so long as you have things that are up there that people can see.



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So one does not have the skills to do those things and they're going to come at you know again.



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So number one is build something.



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Case number two is once you've built something put it on a Web site.



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And number three is go to meet up some groups and find word of mouth projects things like that.



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And the reform is just keep building apps keep building websites keep going and going and you're guaranteed



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to get a job if you keep consistent at that.



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And that's it.