My First Freelance Experience (as a software developer)

[@samuelchinonsoarchibong1477]

Your videos have actually helped me learned how to code, clean code and a great freelancer. I'm Samuel from Nigeria and during this Covid-19 I've made close to $10,000 and I'm happy.

[@lenayangalandimbungu7520]

Samuel Chinonso Archibong did you self learn how to code?

[@kelvinxg6754]

In what period of time?

[@samuelchinonsoarchibong1477]

@@kelvinxg6754 August - December. All I did was build web applications. I have everything I've wanted and after playing around I finally picked a stack. MERN is the stack. Next month will make it a year and I'm already doing great.

[@kelvinxg6754]

@@samuelchinonsoarchibong1477 congratulations man

[@kelvinxg6754]

@@samuelchinonsoarchibong1477 do you mind if you share your journey with us ?how do you get them clients through online website?

[@je6370]

Recently found your channel. I as a father and being 32 and has just started studying programming, i really find hope that i actually can actually make this. Alot at risk for me, i stopped working. went fulltime school. Sometimes i get tiny bit of panic. Usually i head over to this channel then so i can view stuff from a realistic PoV. Keep the vlogs up and il keep watching :)

[@AlfredoSequeida]

Nice! You can definitely do it! Once you learn your first language everything else just seems a little easier.

[@txbrown_]

keep going buddy! you'll get it. make sure you write code every single day, do things you enjoy and build a passion for those things, they will be your DNA on interviews and when you join a team. Persistence and consistent progress is the key. There is a lot of jobs in tech and we need more and more good engineers.

[@txbrown_]

I also commend you on the fatherhood plus learning to code at the same time! but to be honest, I think you are doing it right by going full-time on it, its how you can get time to practice but also take a break and care for your family. Good luck!

[@tj_struck]

I'm 30, no kids. Took up learning Python two weeks ago because it caught my eye because I learned basics of PostGre SQL. I went and bought a class from udemy for $15 and did an hour last night. So far it's been great.

[@je6370]

@@txbrown_ Thanks man! Yeah i decided it would be better to do it fulltime, family first after all and i didn't want to lose any time from that.

[@AlfredoSequeida]

My first freelance job opened my eyes to the possibilities. I was paid $300 for 3 hours of my time and since then I have had freelance gigs that pay very well. If I recall the highest amount so far has been $1,000 for about 4 hours of my time.

[@Name-mi7bx]

Which platform ?

[@romitmohane4891]

@@Name-mi7bx Fiverr prolly cause he mentioned Gigs

[@Name-mi7bx]

@@romitmohane4891 Fiverr is Bad as i heard from alot of KZbin's.

[@romitmohane4891]

@@Name-mi7bx I heard about it from Tim (Tech with Tim) and tried it, got a pretty good customer and gave a tip as well (comes down to customers) and payment also reached me on the date as informed.

[@AlfredoSequeida]

@@Name-mi7bx Different ones. My first one was using craigslist for local work and the highest paying one was via reddit.

[@tripplee11]

The part where you talk about being honest about your qualification is super important and something all new developers should think about when having interviews for jobs or even in their application. Im in the beginning of my career and have during this past year been to several interviews, and during this time ive learnt that it is very important to be honest about you being new to this and what you know or do not know, and the people you are applying to do appreciate the honesty alot, and in the end there will be that one company that actually wants to give you a chance and kinda wants to invest in you which then leads you to be able to work at the same time as you still learn! :).

[@amantahiliani]

Man your videos just feel genuine. Like you're not trying to put on a show but just sharing your experiences. Quite refreshing

[@kungpaochick8557]

every video everyday just keeps getting better, Kalle.

[@hacksfind3529]

As a software engineer and a small youtuber, I can absolutely relate!! Thanks so much for sharing your experiences 🙏

[@cadentran2535]

Hey Kalle Love the daily uploads :)

[@mitch7w]

Man flexing his download speeds on us

[@frenches1995]

Upload!

[@Peterb200295]

Dude no spoilers, my video is still buffering

[@syedumair8972]

Lol i got 1 gbps up/download

[@syedumair8972]

@KRAWOLIK it's completely useless to have 1 gbps ;)

[@radomane]

call that a business expense

[@abdullahmuhammad7336]

I work at a startup and I hundred percent deal with imposter syndrome every day! I think that comes with the job lol. Speaking for myself, being a programmer you feel like you don't ever know everything. It's a good thing because there's always something new to learn, but also can be negative because you never feel like you can reach the endgame of programming knowledge. So don't worry you're not alone!

[@mohamedalsharweni1974]

Dude are a machine or something 😂?! Everyday I'm on KZbin I see a new upload from few min/h ago! Mashallah. Keep it up ✨👏

[@pablovillarroel3109]

With that new upload speed, his videos are uploaded before he even makes them 😂

[@youtubeusername8549]

@@gv6758 Around 1/3rd of the planet is Muslim, learn to be tolerant

[@healthylife3063]

@@Ab-no6rz you don't even know what mashallah means ,it the way Muslims says keep up .you don't like it then know you are racist

[@ahmedfiaz4087]

@@Ab-no6rz every thing is fantastic

[@abbasbahlimam]

@@gv6758 calm down bro, be tolerant. For a world of peace, We don't need it. I'm french by the way, should I keep it for me?

[@soumyadrip]

It seems link you are the Cayse Neistat of programming.

[@nslegendary2012]

My favourite youtube channal right now. I cant skip a video

[@miguelmedina1819]

Thank you very much from sharing. I'm studying cs at college and also learning dart/flutter to begin my mobile developer journey. Cheers from Venezuela

[@martijn_schermers]

Hey Kalle, very nice video like always! I would like to see a kind of setup tour. Keep going!

[@JohnGreen-qc5xb]

respect the constant uploads! keep it up :)

[@dragomir44]

Thanks for sharing and being open about your experience!

[@bollvigblack]

so this is where ur confidence comes from when it comes to programming :D it was very motivational story for me and im sure for everybody who listened this

[@pierredutoit6110]

I love the fact that everyday after school i am surtain heres a video, kee it up loving the content

[@reheyesd8666]

Do more of these please! I would like to start free lancing sometime in the future.

[@imuphere]

KZbin really knows what to recommend. I'm planning to become a software developer and my uni starts in January.

[@AlfredoSequeida]

Good luck !

[@imuphere]

@@AlfredoSequeida thank you!

[@len64]

back at it again, honestly kalle keep doing you, good work again! ima sit back n drink my coffee n be more productive.

[@robinsonody]

Thanks for sharing Kalle! I really inspired by your story. I'm a freelance-coding-guy-who-dont-know-what-to-do-next right now, and somehow I feel very connected to your story. Please keep posting. I have my bells ringing on you.

[@WesleyNoijen]

The daily uploads are really nice. Keep it up!!

[@ruipinto3542]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I am a self taught Angular developer and I can relate very much with what you felt. I work as electronics technician for 10 years now. I like it but I am bored of this after 10 years. The only reason that I have not searched any dev job is because of the fear of not being good enough. Thank you! Really!

[@robertreyes4243]

Awesome video man, thanks for sharing!

[@omaradel2207]

What is the download speed am on 144p I can't see the numbers

[@JoshSmeda]

250Mb/s

[@leandroteixeira2868]

LMAO

[@xynyde0]

before: 100mbps down , 10mbps up after: 235mbps down, 261mbps up

[@mohammedelkhadragy2125]

welcome home bro , egypt is here :D

[@Ajay-.]

This video gave me a lot of value ! I am in a similar position where I have a big codebase to deal with in my job. I was overwhelmed but after watching your video I got motivation to figure it out 😁

[@dagimaddis3315]

As always, great video.🙌🏾

[@aniketd7495]

I swear every day’s video is exactly what I’ve been thinking about.

[@neilsotheby4899]

I liked the ramble dude!

[@adityadeshpande3037]

Kalle is getting more videos up in a day than number of lines of code that I can write in a day😭 😋😁

[@untoldstories8781]

Very nice video and I really like the lighting and colour grading of the editing.

[@CodeandDream]

Mom learning coding since May 2020 here 😆 hopefully 1 day I can get into freelancing. Your videos are great with lots of realitic perspectives 👍

[@psychoperson1529]

Have you got into it?

[@danielbark]

Kalle i love your thoughts on openness and honesty! +1 on that :)

[@burjaivan]

Very best video yet.:)

[@rdoetjes]

Oh Kalle, that’s so mature and so honest to say that you feel under qualified and I know that feeling, it’s terrible. 4 years ago I joint a new startup too, and I was their first ever engineer on their previous startup. But here they were on it for 3 years already and I was tasked to implemented an architecture that already had product choices made that didn’t work. And I went to their CIO and said: “Vincent I don’t feel like I can make a difference I’m stuck in architectural choices and I think I may be the wrong guy. So I would hand in my contract and not bill these first two weeks.” And he was like: “Hell no! I won’t accept your resignation, Walter (the director) has praised you to the skies. You will sit with the architect and agree to remove these product choices and you will find solutions that work within the architecture. Architects shouldn’t make product choices!” But at least I knew I was delivering to the standard that they were paying. Honesty is best.

[@haardmajmudar]

WoW Thats a lot of content in a short amount of time. Keep it up Kalle!

[@rclarkstube]

I enjoy your channel. You're a good content provider and I'm glad that you chose your health over the startup. You could have worked at night, synced your time with that of the operation, but you have too much potential than to get burnt out on a startup. Especially, without an equity postiion. Generally speaking, startups can be lucrative (or, not) if you're willing to do what it takes, but it's probably best to know what one's work/life/wealth goals are; remaining careful to be cognizant of adjustments. Kalle, you touched on learning the "Domain knowledge" of the business. Learning it's way of doing things, it's operations, it's profitability, it's politics, etc., AND coding can be daunting initially. Smart businesses understand this...to a degree.

[@Kappq]

Your videos are always getting better and better ❤️

[@mr.radium1202]

Kalle is is friendly on KZbin. If I saw Kalle and I never have seen him before I would just think about him as an strict body builder man and would probably leave the way for him😂 and yeah never think of messing with him!😅

[@arshmansuri4633]

I am going thru the same phase right now.... thanks for sharing your experience, it helped me a lot

[@oluwatomisinbabatunde8426]

this is so relatable the first time i got a project i felt like this as well on my first professsional project

[@SunriseA500]

1) Well, don't have personal experience in startups but heard from other people that they expect to see very experienced devs to do almost all engineering stuff - as resources are limited. 2) For me, personally, one of the biggest pros of working as a dev in office is clear separation between work and non-working activities. Face-to-face networking is also very important part as well.

[@joetessier5305]

Nice video !! could u do one "what's on my PC" ? good rythm btw, keep crushing it !

[@tim_t]

That sounds more like employment, not freelance, though.

[@parthdoshi5532]

Karl:Finds 100 Mbps speed slow. Me: Watching video in 2 Mbps at 144p

[@zahur7752]

Damn, i'm watching with some kbps 😁😁 This is why it's called Kashmir 👀💔

[@parthdoshi5532]

@@zahur7752 I feel sad for you. Why is the government not allowing 4g in Kashmir

[@zahur7752]

@@parthdoshi5532 so called security issues as usual 🙇

[@johanlarsson9805]

Well, most of Sweden has had 100/100 mb internet for over 15 years now. In 2004 my 100/100 mb internet cost 3 $/month. Not all of sweden has it like that, like the rural areas or in the more moutinous places, but all the cities and larger villages.

[@IJaba27]

@@zahur7752 I pay 10$ a month for a 2Mbits Internet.

[@kermitdaphrogge525]

Yo bro if possible make a video on how to code using AI like GPT-3 and SketchAdapt

[@lukerobertson1000]

Love your honesty mate! 👍😁

[@haydn.murray]

Have you done a video explaining about how you got into freelancing and finding these jobs?

[@SuvobrotoPal]

Nice of you to share your experience

[@astra-x9]

Love your channel man 👌

[@omarabozein7015]

smooth edits, inspiring content.. great job man honestly. I just have a comment on the internet speed .. I have a speed of 3mbps HAHA

[@markushektor8505]

How did you learn speaking English? Love your fluency!

[@allendaniel2748]

Thank you for the positive feedback as relates to your experience as freelancer.

[@pranshupatidar4683]

I am exactly in the same position as you were. You just read my mind.

[@yash.bishnoi]

Everything made sense bro... I joined an organisation last year fresh out of college with Python Basics as my Tech Stack😂. I took a month for simple task in beginning. Now, I do the similar thing in a day.. I thought I should be an EXPERT to do Freelancing. But u have have given me some hope.✌️ Will definitely try that.. You have gr8 videos but the music in the end is next level😜

[@Mo_sch2001]

Please keep uploading every single day ♥️♥️↗️

[@jayshah4269]

A video on how to find good freelance jobs.

[@dr4kk0nnys6]

The quality of the videos is just unreal

[@oluwatomisinbabatunde8426]

kalle is literally on fire if he was a javascript frame work he would be the fastest

[@Thanhhuy1622]

Like your videos, Vietnamese people watched, is very useful.

[@dahambelpage6506]

Is clean code friday broken is it just for me. I'm not getting the emails even tho ive signed up for nearly a month. And also the link goes to a website thats not secure??

[@therokdabatherokdaba9269]

I don’t get the emails either... Maybe he stopped sending them

[@davidmcclellan4621]

This is my thought as well. I'm signed up and I haven't received any emails.

[@jamescarter5466]

@@therokdabatherokdaba9269 It's Wednesday

[@therokdabatherokdaba9269]

@@jamescarter5466 yeah I know lmao I’m talking about the past few weeks...

[@Mozaout]

I like the way you do your videos. The first part is really nice when you share something from your day and the rest of the video is very inspiring. Keep do this. Btw, you re using Mac && Windows ? :D Another question that I have, is about you and Facebook seen that you dont have one, im curious why.

[@Mozaout]

@@samarthrao3793 Well...I saw from videos Mac, Windows and Linux. Thats good ! People should try new things...:D

[@soumyadrip]

Watching your video for the first time

[@yamborgmix]

love the video

[@warriorfb2010]

You dropped of your college degree to freelance.. god you're a genius.. you did the thing most of us should have done.

[@alubhau]

You are not click bait and thank you for that

[@shubhang2877]

The man is spitting out videos RAPIDFIRE

[@oliverdettweiler5376]

Thanks for the great video Kalle! How would you recommend getting in to freelancing?

[@sn3lling]

love your videos

[@mikechung7316]

Hey Kelle, Lead engineer here. It seems like the company you are working for is very early stage startup. The things that you are asking for an expecting usually happens at scale level companies or at the larger companies. It sounds like you were working for a pre revenue company that had some seed investment.

[@Hallden_]

Yes that is exactly the case👌🏼

[@mikechung7316]

@@Hallden_ Also btw super jealous of your reach being in your position is better than being an software dev anyways your not missing out on much haha

[@aybak3k]

In Giza, Egypt it's 500! 500kb 😢

[@dhanrajrana1960]

Can you make full video how to hack wifi with using phone please

[@alisherakhmedov2064]

Thank you bro for your help

[@axaysushir]

I am in a same situation in my company working with 2 devops engineer but it is good to learn by refactoring code & building new features in someone's code base. Also I dont have all info about app architecture

[@remigoldbach9608]

When you begin in a new company you always feel like a noob, since you don't know the code and you are under pressure because you think about the expectation that the company has about you....

[@hamzasusam3790]

I graduated software engineering this year and still not working unfortunately. Now I am thinking freelancing seriously. But it is hard to find work in freelancing too. I wish it was easier

[@0x007A]

Do you have a portfolio of projects to showcase your skills and a LinkedIn profile? Recruiters typically look there for candidates. What type of software development are you most interested in doing?

[@hamzasusam3790]

@@0x007A Yes i have LinkedIn and mostly applying from there and i have GitHub repositories as portfolio. I don't know whether it is because of the pandemic or not. Mostly problem is they are looking for seniors and i am not experienced. I am doing Flutter right now and gonna keep doing it. Just sometimes it is hard to find a path without a mentor.

[@0x007A]

@@hamzasusam3790 not sure which country you live in, however, you might try reaching out to local recruiters at temporary placement / contracting agencies. As a junior in any field, getting the first paid professional experience is always challenging. You can register with Freelancer.com for short-term projects. Look at opportunities matching your skills If one interests you, and the deadline to bid is say a couple weeks away, perhaps do the work on your own based on the information provided before bidding. Also, while job boards are generally useless, apply to those with remote work option.

[@dazzlingqueen1485]

I'm actually studying to become a Software Developer too, and I'm only 16

[@gv6758]

no

[@sida_g567]

Gtfo

[@adithyaajay1097]

Me too. You are not alone. I am also 16😁

[@sida_g567]

I'm 5

[@efeakaroz6686]

Man , i know 4 programming lang. S and i am only 14

[@eduardomunoz7643]

have you had any issues with the xps? thinking of getting it myself

[@broke3039]

Awesome work, how are you able to upload so many videos a week? Do you even sleep

[@jerome1471]

Please make a video advice on getting freelance jobs or internships

[@jamescarter5466]

I've started playing around with Python, but when I want it to tell me the time, it comes up with symtax errors about last call, any advice ?

[@UnicycleSoul]

stackoverflow is your friend

[@SirusStarTV]

KZbin comments section isn't the place for quick answers to a programming problems.

[@expatrocious]

What programming languages do you know?

[@tsol438]

Went to work at a tech support shop and they wanted me to write code too. Problem was is that the project was to recreate a membership database but it made me feel overwhelmed and one of the bosses many times would come and pair program with me. In the end I just felt too frustrated and ended up doing straight tech support. I'm currently working on 2 different hobby projects. I think im happier this way 😅😅

[@HipocratesR]

What router or hardware is that ?? Is something available only in your area or what's behind that internet speed upgrade ??

[@ELASHMAWYDEV]

It's like you are telling my story..!

[@SherlockHolmes-qv9tk]

hello kalle I want to work as a freelancer, I just started writing code, how can I develop this and get a job as a freelancer?

[@Anonymous-en2jv]

110 Mbps?! Mine doesn't even reach 20

[@patrick1992]

Germany too? : D

[@johnzaptier7967]

Thanks for the heads up...

[@deeproy7292]

heart to heart

[@bayramcharyyev4981]

Can you make a video about your college path and dropout?

[@mitzcupcake7306]

Can you teach us how to program?

[@bruhmoment3731]

3:53 How does your phone have 0 finger prints or scratches lol

[@DevlogBill]

Hi Hallden, I was wondering how long did it take for you to learn flutter and Dart? Did you learn while creating your Apps? Or did you learn before using flutter and took it step by step? I don't come from Java background BUT I already have 1 year of JavaScript which isn't strongly typed BUT I have strong fundamental skills in JavaScript, and I did a bit of React Native for mobile. I and trying to get an idea if Dart and flutter is hard to learn in comparison to JavaScript or even something like Java? With Dart do you find yourself writing a lot of code like Java? Or is it more like Kotlin where it is strongly typed but more functional and not OOP? I am wondering if it is worth my time or not? Thanks, Hallden I appreciate your videos.

[@IJaba27]

I have a 2 Mbits Internet. I download 200ko/s. I upload 50 ko/s. I pay 10$ a month. Max offer in my country is 20 Mbits (Not fiber), it's 40$ a month.

[@feb_.b]

Hey Kalle Hallden, how about a challenge? Try out Arch linux for a week as your daily driver

[@gerardlead9321]

What’s your design workspace setup bro?

[@amans6504]

How much you got paid dude? Just a rough figure?

[@Ondal1]

You've had some - to me - strange expectation. When you hire a freelancer, you hire an expert to do something your employees can't or will spend a long time on. You as a freelancer shouldn't expect learning (don't worry, you'll have it) as you should be doing stuff you already know, albeit in a new setting. Yes, you'll be thrown in head first and will be expected to handle it. Usually some introduction to an existing codebase must be given, but if not, you'll have to figure it out yourself. That is the freelance way, have no expectations, do the job, that's why you get the higher hourly rate.

[@BillClinton228]

Where I'm from freelancers are expected to get paid a lower rate than a full time employee. The reasoning behind that is, you are a one man show and therefore should be cheaper... otherwise we might as well spend our money on a dev studio company. I was a freelancer for 4 years and could never make ends meet. I'm earning 3 times as much working for a boss... yes, working for yourself is fantastic but theres alot of business stuff you have to deal with that has nothing to do with being a developer. Taxes, accounting, sales, networking, support, contracts, price negotiations etc etc etc... just being a good developer doesnt mean you will be a good freelancer... in fact if you have sales experience and little coding experience you will do better than someone that just focuses on coding.

[@Ondal1]

@@BillClinton228 I'm surprised, didn't know that was the way in any place. I'm from Denmark, were it is like I describe, were are you from? Here - in estimate - you make twice as much as a freelancer just doing code, if you happen to have some specialist skills sought after by companies, essentially the sky's the limit. It's within all the new modern stuff like ML and fintech, but also if you happen to know banking systems and is heavy on the COBOL - yes, that's a thing, as pretty much no young people will touch that with a 10 foot pole. As for the side jobs of being a freelancer, again, in my part of the world, it's not really hard. Consultancy companies come to me saying they have a job - mostly, or you can sign up with them, I give them my price, they add some amount - sometimes undisclosed to me, and sell me to their customer. Taxes (insanely high here) the accountant handle once a year, while I do the simple stuff for a few (agonizing!) hours every 3-6 months. Granted, I'd make more just selling myself, but as you're aware that's a separate job. Essentially I can focus on what I'm good at for 99.9% of the time, making customers happy with what I do for them.