Iβve had some major changes to my lifestyle and workstyle since the pandemic (as most of you probably have) - but that hasnβt stopped the gears from runningβ¦
Travel Developer
I ended the Travel Developer Course.
Why? Mainly because nearly
every job on a computer is remote now. You donβt need to be a developer anymore to work remote - just check out
RemoteOK or any other remote job board.
Also, it took up a lot of my time for around net $40/month.
Iβm happy for of all the people Iβve continued to get messages from saying their lives were changed and that made it 1000% worth it - but now itβs time for me to move on.
Freelance Work
Speaking of moving onβ¦Iβve also stopped freelancing (kind of).
Last year I worked with 1 client that paid well and consistent.
They benefited from me being an independent contractor - and I benefited from them with good, consistent pay and not having to search for work.
After that, I decided I would only work for 1 single client / company at any time, with minimum hours/week and a set contract length.
Itβs turned out to be great - both for my mental & physical health, travel & social life, and having time to spend on my side projects.
I do think this is a trend that many freelancers and independent contractors will begin to favor long-term.
Side Projects
During the past year, Iβve revamped a few past projects and built some new ones. I found it best to rebuild everything with the same tools to make my design/dev flow as fast as possible.
Iβm currently usingβ¦
With this flow Iβveβ¦
I got some great feedback and publicity on a few of the projects, but most are open-sourced.