How Coding can Quickly make you Financially Free

[@StefanMischook]

Let me know if you like segments (like this one) from my live streams. 🤔

[@StefanMischook]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@spacecat8748]

Liked it, good stuff!

[@dravinknight]

@@StefanMischook well ill be 43 soon. I love watching videos of computers. But my brain capacity is not good. I tried watching and learning i don't know computers well. Im lost my math sucks my bipolar kicks in. What can i do.

[@malcomgreen4747]

@@StefanMischook wh6 i should go and waste my time searching for an acronym fu money ? While you could just say the entire words and ill enjoy your video and understand what you're talking about, now that i don't understand what fu means i stopped the video there's scene from keep watching, this trend of using acronyms everywhere it becomes a real problem it makes any speech bogus unbenifeciale

[@xybersurfer]

​@@dravinknight this is a common misconception. you don't usually need maths beyond what you use in MS Excel. the only exceptions are typically creating a game/simulation, or squeezing every last drop of performance out of your code way beyond what is typical. so i would say don't bother learning maths first. also most programming languages are now so abstracted that you don't need to know that much about computers. my advice is to get a good book or maybe do a bootcamp, on the language you are interested, and most importantly do the exercises step by step. practice is the best way to learn

[@josuegranados6953]

It's actually true what uncle Stef says. I got my first job as a web developer 3 weeks ago and now I make 2.7 times more than before. Excellent advice uncle, thank you!

[@StefanMischook]

Congratulations!

[@patriotlightning7791]

Happy for you mate.

[@zachmsdev747]

Congrats! I'm looking for one now, can you give any tips? I have 4 projects right now with a portfolio. No degree.

[@japhethachimba174]

wow congrats bro

[@davekim2854]

Did you go to boot camp? If you did, which one did you go to? Cause I’m thinking about it

[@ItsRyanStudios]

People like to say- "If everyone becomes a programmer, it will be saturated". They won't. It won't. The average intro bootcamp or intro coding course has 1M+ students/ views. But most of those people won't stick with it, and even fewer will continue to develop their skills beyond the basics. If you stick with it and put in just modest effort to CONTINUE learning, your miles ahead the average person learning programming.

[@Ultrajamz]

Yeah and not everybody is cut out for it frankly

[@feintzprod]

With how integrated humans are becoming with technology, the demand for people who can develop and maintain software will only get higher. I don't see oversaturation becoming a problem anytime soon in this field.

[@chrisc7265]

not everyone has the intelligence and autistic focus needed to program well not to get too reddit nerd about it but I'd say it's like 25% of everyone that can be decent programmers

[@glennadams8833]

This is such great advise Stef. And so so simple. I can share that I wish I had this advise in my early years... I'll add a cautionary tale: when you salary does double, triple and quadruple, and you let your lifestyle cost go up as well, it's really really hard to get it back down. Very very painful. Took me a painful 3 years to accomplish the feat of cutting our burn rate in 1/2. Keep that in mind as our culture dangles the shinny new toys, designer stuff and low interest loans on the mcmansions.

[@bane2256]

Ya the raises get negated when you keep on leveling up

[@GardenStateDigital]

this is a BIG one

[@cocoman710]

My favorite youtuber/mentor I did never speak with. One if the few real people on here. Thanks for your videos.

[@justinhinchliffe2355]

Hey Stef, i just wanted to say, i really love your perspective and outlook. Real pearls are contained in your videos, not just for programming but for life. Much love from England.

[@scottjenkins6972]

Yes, Segments like this can break down long videos that may cause some to lose focus. These segments make it easier to focus on a specific topic or subject, so thank you for doing this.

[@StefanMischook]

Noted!

[@mi_zot]

This is the one of the most sensible pieces of advice I've seen going around KZbin. No "get rich quick" schemes, or unrealistic ideas.

[@KyleLuce]

Yes exactly. Lived off 20% or so of our salaries and invested all the rest in low cost index funds and eliminating all debt. Only took about 5 years of working to be financially independent.

[@StefanMischook]

Congrats!

[@scottfranco1962]

Small note: Those estimated salaries by Indeed to just made up from average data by the indeed server. The employer placing the ad didn't have anything to do with that. Indeed, ads placed on indeed have little to do with the employer in general. I have talked to several employers on indeed, who said the job was no longer available and they couldn't get rid of the indeed ad. Indeed has a financial incentive to keep old ads around and make job searches return an artificially high number of results.

[@nicholasamurgis9074]

Yeah please keep them coming, Uncle Stef!

[@suhailf5014]

These, relatively short, to the point videos really help a lot.

[@grahamashe9715]

True. I owe my whole career to my coding skills when you boil it down.

[@pedromusic7986]

Gonna make it guys! (Not even started my first internship but I do have faith lol)

[@Glenningway]

I like videos like this when I'm feeling the dread of hopelessness. I've been off an on the "coding" kick, did the indie game dev for a bit then settled into IT but realize after four years that it's very tough to leave support. The more you know, the more they want to keep you in support. Don't believe the "bootstrap, pay your dues" people. Also where I live are next to no IT work, it's either outsourced or you're the one man support that burns out. These days I've gotten so much better with HTML/CSS I know how to use Bootstrap and getting better at Javascript where I'm coding on my own while looking up docs to get some things working. On my fourth project which eventually I want to add some kind of backend function once the main game is finished. (where your score, with entered initials, goes into a database and displayed in the top 300.) One thing that's keeping me back is that I have to move somewhere that has more tech work. Arizona I've seen companies leave or build call centers (it's also crazy hot most of the year). With IT I'm able to save and play off 75% of student loans, though with what I have I don't know if I can afford the move. Also it's looking like I may need to get a newer car soon so that can leave a dent. Now we have a recession coming with inflation still hitting us. Seems my options are limited to very expensive major cities, but that's from a perspective of living rural for so long since wages are low so it's hard to save. Many companies are rolling back work from home, which I don't mind since that way I can have on the job mentorship rather than the cold uncertain remote help. Hope to find something further east coast before the end of the year, though I think I need to work on PHP, Ruby, SQL after I feel comfortable with JS.

[@StefanMischook]

Keep working towards your goals!

[@Qrzychu92]

how about remote job? Work from home in rural area for a company from a big city. Is there a problem with something like this in the US? In Europe after COVID you can even live and work in different countries

[@StefanMischook]

@@Qrzychu92 Very doable. This was acceptable pre covid, so now it is even easier.

[@rayb5204]

Love the segments... Video bullet points...thanks Stef! Cheers! 🍺

[@MichalKoziatek]

I like your point of view and agree with most you said but I have 2 points to make. 1) the doubling of the salary is perhaps possible in the US but European market doesn't represent such big jumps in salary 2) on the point of saving - what about a house? That costs so much these days! And when you rent in big cities you spend 50-60% of your salary just on that

[@latiendamac]

Why you live in expensive city? Europe has cheap cities where you can work a high pay remoge job

[@MichalKoziatek]

@@latiendamac because my girlfriend has to work in central London but I see what you mean

[@browntroy101]

I really enjoy your videos! Your videos are informational and so helpful!! I will definitely check out your mentoring program!!! Thanks, and keep it up!!!

[@Dazza_Doo]

Fun fact: 4:11 - Leonard Nimoy took that gesture to Star Trek, he had seen this used in his religion (Jewish I think) when he was a child, I digress

[@Philson]

But what if all the companies are looking for "experienced" coders?

[@dmp4096]

Save all that money AND STAY DEBT FREE!!!!

[@keleccini]

I wish I had access to this kind of information in 2013

[@markteevee]

Mind blown. On simple stuff. Thanks Stef

[@kristyfromhawaii808]

You’re the best, Thanks for the live stream

[@marcroberts5251]

Just stumbled on your channel, Network Engineer looking to move to Dev work , F.I. is definitely the biggest reason to switch

[@hktepochcalli1481]

just looked in my area. Very good. Thank You.

[@mujeebishaque]

As always love your realistic perspective, much love from Pakistan.

[@frnk_snslvdr]

I 3x my previous net salary. Even if it took 2-3 years it was totally worth it.

[@kabootarkhanawala8271]

I went from banking to coding and reduced my salary by 1/3, still worth it

[@suvraneelsaha8973]

lol

[@Aborichinal]

Lmao wtf

[@dhanushshetty7840]

Legend

[@Uchirai]

Why was it worth it?

[@discreetninja]

I went from banking to coding and salary halved, but satisfied

[@StefanMischook]

How long have you had a coding job? What kind of code are you writing?

[@discreetninja]

@@StefanMischook Almost a year working with JS frameworks

[@dreamsfloatjoe]

Yes, Stef I like segments like this one. What do you mean by: "a high value position?" "What is a high value position?" Thank YOU

[@violentpixelation5486]

Love the segments! 🔥👍

[@erkfx4154]

Great advice! I actually already had most of that knowledge with finances, I’m just looking to boost my income with coding. I bet my wife and I could decrease our spending by about $1,000 a month (1/3 of our cost of living) if we got her student loans paid off ASAP, and didn’t eat out as much. We’re pretty good with our money already, so if we didn’t allow lifestyle creep for a few years, we could knock out the loans super fast and really boost our investments.

[@chiatuirodaniel673]

Unclestef you are the best!

[@anonymous8322]

Hi sir, Thanks for sharing your experiences and reviews

[@lillyinthefield2787]

where were you when I was 18 smhhh🤦🏻‍♂😂😂❤❤❤

[@lakersyoungcoreareaveragep1639]

You're only making money from coding if you're an exceptional web or application developer. You can go into things like data admin or data science, for good money. But those involve things like SQL and statistics (totally different). HTML, CSS, JS, C#, Canvas, SVG etc are going to be noteworthy components of coding to learn

[@RichardHarlos]

Do you recall in the first minute of the video that he distinguished between "financial independence" and "wealth", because "wealth" is a loaded term? Same thing is relevant in your comment. You wrote _"You're only making money..."_ but "making money" is an equally loaded term. Please take a moment to unpack it so that other people don't have to read your mind to know what you *intend* for the reader to understand. Thanks!

[@IN-pr3lw]

SQL is just English

[@PaulSmith-gi5bf]

@@IN-pr3lw then you haven't really written any difficult queries with performance in mind as well

[@IN-pr3lw]

@@PaulSmith-gi5bf True, I revised it in 10 minutes for my final exam and I was fine but it's only high school

[@abhinavkumar8396]

Can we start coding at 35 again ? I have tried many times and quit before .. but really after long i just always have hunch to go for it again. But again something "learned helplessness" kicks in... And i don't wanted to try 😔. Can I have insight from professional successful coders what would you advise to me ?

[@StefanMischook]

There are many bad courses out there taught by people who don’t know how to teach, and so your experience is common. So don’t give up … 35 is still young. Check out my bootcamp: unclestef.com

[@batchrocketproject4720]

Inspiring as always. Thank you Stefan.

[@StefanMischook]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ashishsinghchauhan6304]

Introduction is great from started the videos.

[@francesdobbins2964]

Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.

[@StefanMischook]

Welcome!

[@WidePhotographs]

As a beginner, is it okay to learn two different languages at the same time? Example Swift and Python.

[@timothybarela1305]

There's nothing technically wrong with it. IMO though, when first starting out, focus on one. Once you get proficient with a single language, and development in general, picking up new languages will become a lot easier.

[@WidePhotographs]

@@timothybarela1305 i think I will continue with Swift only for now since I’ve been playing with it for a month. Once I am able to successfully build a iOS app, I’ll move on to Python. I just need to practice daily and not skip days at a time.

[@jeffxcc]

I have always focused more on design over the years, but have coded html & css. I notice that every time I search for web designers it always gives me developer results!? Is there just not a demand for the design aspect and more for coding?

[@lastidea4925]

I'm watching from Turkey, how do you know that?

[@mikeha]

who wants to find jobs working for oppresive companies and having to go into an office every day? Why would I look in my geographical area, I want a job I can work from anywhere, I'm not going to be a slave to a desk in an office again. I had enough of that, and there's no reason for any coding job to require me to show up in person

[@cau8777]

TLDR: Save 30%-50%+ in Index Funds So true!

[@petropzqi]

Swedish developer here. I do like your content but the numbers you are talking about is dreamnumbers. I hardly know anyone who earns what you just said. And with family and house that needs to be cared for there is no way to save that much. I guess I live in the wrong part of the world...

[@skooptchefen1779]

You nailed on it, in fact dev with family and other responsibilities is way harder to make good savings.

[@stevepottz111]

Thanks Stef! Super practical and insightful, from someone who did it. Respect!

[@peaklegacy146]

Once I get a software developer job I'm not going to change my life at all for at least 3 years. ( maybe other than a different car). I want to have a lot saved up for when its a good time to buy the house I want.

[@miffclick3358]

Not gonna buy a house in 3 years bro!

[@IN-pr3lw]

Is this the same in the UK?

[@SosaiOyama]

I still don’t understand why you can config boot with xml

[@shantanudxt]

thank you for the video !

[@muhammadabuzar4622]

You know you gotta have to subscribe when the guy says PAKISTAN 😍 Love your content man

[@annekedebruyn7797]

How come that the US salary is so much higher than in the Netherlands? For similar jobs, the US on average, pays twice the salary you would get in the Netherlands and euro/us dollar are pretty much equal now.

[@davekim2854]

Hey uncle stef! Great video as always! A question! I’ve been thinking about attending at a boot camp for awhile, I’ve been teaching myself coding for a few months now, I’m doing ok, just not fast enough. The total Tuition will be $23900($664 x 36month) after graduation . Everyday, I’m constantly going back and forth whether I should go to BC or not. Could you please give me some advice?

[@StefanMischook]

Hi! Check out my bootcamp! You will learn what you need (and much more) to get a job within 6 months ... working at your pace. And my bootcamp is far more affordable, and you will be learning from someone with 28 yrs experience writing code .. me! unclestef.com/ 🖖

[@davekim2854]

@@StefanMischook You got boot camp of your own? That’s fantastic!!!!! Let me sign up!!

[@flipperiflop]

Yo Stef, got any videos or links about what makes a good project documentation? I've hard hard time finding any good concrete info about how to write a documentation and specification that I can come back to look at in 6 months and say to myself "damn, this really helps me understand what is going on, I should buy a beer for the writer"

[@gamesboy123able]

Is it better to learn Web dev or C? C is hard for me

[@StefanMischook]

Web dev has many opportunities.

[@gamesboy123able]

@@StefanMischook Thank you

[@vivaolivremercado4047]

Great advice, thank you so much

[@StefanMischook]

You are so welcome!

[@erikl5340]

The Montreal job market is far from interesting compared to Florida. What are your views on it?

[@StefanMischook]

I haven’t compared; what have you seen?

[@rodneytheredmage3436]

4:05 "Code long and prosper"🖖🖖

[@marshelblackmon984]

This was a great segment and yes more of it.

[@kentcassidy7116]

What to do about inflation wiping out your savings? Purchase assets / precious metals?

[@StefanMischook]

For me ... stocks.

[@carterpaul2688]

More please

[@bogdanbereza]

Thank you!

[@StefanMischook]

Welcome!

[@benjoseph3119]

This is wisdom.

[@Vlad-qr5sf]

7:20 it doesn’t work like this with compound interests

[@Dazza_Doo]

There is the Digital Nomad capital of the world, Chang Mai :D My limiting factor is my IQ and Memory retention Thankfully I have found some toolkits to help me out In the mean time, I'm not giving up my delivery day job

[@frog6054]

What the toolkit that helped your IQ?

[@pastuh]

I would invest in to wind power plant

[@serapheogen]

What resource(s) would you recommend to someone to learn the fundamentals who is taking the route of self studying with free, available online material? Freecodecamp/TOP? Others? None of the above? JS, HTML, CSS and then Java, C# and C++ before continuing on.

[@tech_prince]

I paid for studio web last year but can nolonger access it ... did it close

[@StefanMischook]

It is alive and well. Send an email to info at studioweb.com with your ID and we will get you up and running again.

[@juliusrosco1171]

Thank you, 😎

[@eugeneberezkin5934]

Not sure if 2022 is best time to invest in the market though 😅

[@frankcastillo2855]

Financial Umbrella (FU) money for a rainy day.

[@hacksick]

I think of u as programmer version of John wick

[@StefanMischook]

😂

[@hacksick]

@@StefanMischook thankx for your like man, means alot to me

[@SalsaColombiaUS]

I dream to become a developer so I can buy a Lamborghini, this is not a joke. My dream is to have a Lamborghini, I don’t care about having a house 🏡

[@OmerB-z4i]

I dont why, but you look like keanu reeves

[@StefanReich]

I must have missed the part where it happens "quickly"? Being a wage slave is not acceptable BTW, not in that way. Coding by the hour will eat you up. I've been through it

[@dbgn]

I got burned out after less than 2 years in coding, depressions and physical problems from it, constant noise in my ears probably will be with me for the rest of my life. Coding is terrible profession, not socializing etc.

[@dmoon9037]

Took me 2 minutes listening before I could tell you were talking about software coding not medical coding, lol.

[@kugelblitz7946]

Double the previous salary, I'm still gonna earn 0,,, So he is right

[@Mobay18]

Didn't know that Sam Rockwell was a coder.

[@StefanMischook]

It's a side gig.

[@tmeryhewjsf35]

Comment for the algorithm

[@alenpasnikov]

I would recommend crypto investing, especially in a bear market.

[@MrVafflis]

I would recommend crypto investing only if you already invested in like 5 more profitable industries

[@w2lf]

So how are you saving now? With inflation at 10% or more in some countries? With war, food, gas, and housing prices, you trust the bank to protect your money for 60 years? Many banks employ ponzi schemes to make more money with your money. thinking no one will withdraw more than 10% of the money, like what's happening in China and the housing crash. USA banks use the same system. Or loaning money or loaning money to other banks so many schemes. My great grandma had millions in the bank and she lost it all. Then my father had money in the bank and he lose it all when the currency changed to euro. I think it's better to use your money to make more money and to make more money . Than trusting the banking system to keep all your money in one basket. Go out make more money and more and more and invest in to everything. If that doesn't work then you are homeless so what? Money is not pure happiness and the more you have it the more ppl will hate you. If everything fails then we will have the collapse of society and at that point, money would become 0$ in value paper to wipe your butt.

[@hulk0hulk]

"quickly" ... "financially free", sorry but that's overpromising claim that works at best for maybe 0.1% of people. Good strategy for selling courses though.

[@tanakamawere]

Trading is the other profession which might be quicker than coding

[@StefanMischook]

90% of traders lose money. 100% coders make money.

[@tanakamawere]

@@StefanMischook That's tricky to assume. For every successful coder, we don't know the stats of how many have failed. Unless if you have any studies that show significance.

[@StefanMischook]

@@tanakamawere well, if you give up to become a coder, that is to say, you don’t develop the skills that are job worthy, then you won’t make money. This is true. But, you are not a coder then.

[@stevenshao9575]

hi

[@dbgn]

Young men, words of wisdom from me here. Coding is terrible profession, you will have to learn every day until the rest of your life, pick something more old school like construction or plumbing and be happy.

[@miffclick3358]

That's just U bro.

[@elziur6075]

i don't think so

[@dbgn]

You still in your 20s probably, wait until you get to your 30s. Coding is not something you can do all your life unless you are introverted robot.

[@olli2591]

Financial indepentence means not having to work anymore for the rest of one's life. Coding alone won't help you with that.

[@edwarddelgado9654]

Get a degree and go corporate else if mom & pop, you might as well be washing dishes

[@miladbannourah7798]

In Israel even if you have the best coding projects on earth, no BS'C no job in my company, so how fast can coding make you financially free when you are not in the US... Nothing less than 5 to 7 years until you pay your student loan and find a decent job.

[@lerssilarsson6414]

A financially free software developer - never heard or seen one.

[@aneesahthequeen]

😍😍❤️❤️💙💙

[@fu2201]

Try to get some good instruction on coding is the trick most is awful, that's why people give up. Boot camps are a joke that's why they changes names or go out of business

[@StefanMischook]

You are right, many are 👎 … but check out mine: unclestef.com.

[@yammye]

this video talks about what, nothing about how....

[@0206-b8z]

Hey i was interested in learning how to code until I went to bootcamp and they told me just look it up on Google I need a way to understand it besides looking it up on Google

[@miffclick3358]

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