 What's up developers some problem solvers right checking in one to bring you guys another video today And we're gonna talk about making money as a programmer if you guys are Struggling to make money as a programmer or you just trying to get started you have reached the right spot So let's start with this guys. Listen closely here. I need your attention Writing code alone will never make you money Writing code alone We never make you money and I know this may sound confusing for you guys. So let me explain guys Have you ever been on internet and searching Google's for us? just how to make money programming or how to become a programmer or Programmer making money or some variation of this search and most you guys probably saw some kind of ad to apply for a job or Contract work or up work or any job site and you clicked on this thing They say no experience sign up now. You can start making money programming. So you've been doing programming for a while You had your coursework. You've been doing pretty good You know about the rays variables loops all this stuff So you're gonna give it a shot start making money coding and you apply for the up work job and Things go pretty good. You get through the screening process and you get accepted life is good well They won you get ready to start writing code and you figure out pretty quickly that They want me to do a project that I Need to do some stuff before I start writing code Now you're scared now. You're trying to figure out. What's the next step? I didn't my professor didn't teach me this part of it. They just taught me how to write the code They didn't teach me how to evaluate a problem Figure out what's the step to solve it and then implement the code as is needed They didn't show me all that they just showed me the code right That's okay because this is the reason why you can't make any money. You don't have the foresight to Stop the pain of the employee the employee have a problem They have a pain point and coding can solve that solution But it's just not just writing code straight out guys You got to learn how to really put your code in a position so that it can relieve that pain solve those Problems really put you in a position to win I know a lot of you guys watch my content a lot and you like right you say the same thing Solving problem solving problem solving problem show me how to code and make money. Well The truth of the matter is guys, you don't necessarily code for money You solve problems for money you provide projects that's gonna help them solve their problem for money Once you get to that point you are golden because what you do you ask that to the company you helping them saving money You helping them retain their people you helping training workflow processes move forward faster more efficient Automating things and really kind of taking that company to the next level as far as scale If you're not doing this guys, you're not gonna make them money You can learn all the programming languages in the world study all up Well, what are you to me courses YouTube courses all that stuff It's just gonna be a waste of time and you will never get in a position so that you can make the money you want so guys, I'm just gonna give you three reasons why you're not gonna program and You probably never gonna make any money, but just watch this video anyway but for the people who do take action and You're gonna really put yourself in a position and win But there's obviously there's more than three reasons or three ways you can make money online But what I'm gonna do for you guys I'm gonna give you guys free access to our seven-step guide That's gonna also provide you additional ways to make money in seven easy steps links below into our career guide And also you get access to our interview questions and our community of like-minded developers So that they can show you guys how to make money and programming and share their experiences with you So links are the description box is free go sign up for that. So Got past the plug Let's start with number one guys like we were saying before writing code is not gonna solve your problems Not gonna make you any money. You're gonna be a broke developer just like a broke artist Ways to different between a broke developer and a broke artist The developer have a laptop in the hand artists have a pencil and pen in hand Nobody ain't solving no problem providing value to nobody, but there's breathing air. That's the huge difference They need to take these tools that they got in hand and provide value to somebody That's the way you make money programming You have to put your code to work and change those that code that evolve that code to a project a project allows you to really Identify the steps you need to really be able to provide value to these people It's so important that you guys do that and really put yourself in position when I remember when I signed up for my first Upwork job and it was a pretty good job Didn't pay any money But it was a good experience and it really woke me up to how to really make money programming because in up work They low ball the out of you they low ball you really bad and they see you as a commodity and It's hard to differentiate yourself from the next programmer who's charging I don't know three dollars an hour two dollars an hour and look at you trying to charge 50 to a hundred dollars an hour And you may feel like man, it's a lot of money. Nobody's making that well. I charge 120 And a good day is like 175. That's when you really start to Know the importance of your skill because people willing to pay that amount of money even more guys I think the current rate now is probably maybe 135 or something. I'm not one to 35 The most I've charged is one 75 hour typically depending on who the client if they're long term We got some business together. I'll go maybe I don't know 120 130 is somewhere in that That 130 120 area that seem to be a good rate for my long term clients If it's just a short-term project, I'm going 175 at least 10 hours before we even talk But you guys are still competing with people who's Charging two dollars an hour for programming work and this is not no cheap Programmers that deal with an outdated program This is C sharp Java Enterprise level program is that you're competing again and you wondering on up work. How can you? First of all can people these people first of all Get off of up work once you get your experience Yeah at the beginning when you try and get some experience try and get some Projects on your belt just to get some pay work at the beginning. Okay, quick fine You don't get any pushback for me on that just limit the amount of time you're on there As long as you can get some quick easy wins on there get some experience build your confidence We're good to go so great But you're not gonna stay on there because you're gonna outgrow that platform pretty fast if your rock start developer guys So up work is good at the beginning to get your feet wet to have something to patch your resume So that you can really get that next up that next job and really start to make money You do not want to be a commodity guys That's the main reason I'd like I tell people to get off of up work up work is only good if you at a certain range Once you start to get over that I would say 25 dollars an hour Even probably this and that about I don't know 15 dollars an hour consistently definitely over 20 The fees is gonna start killing you guys. It's just not conducive to a A mid-level or a single level developer to be on that long term unless you really got some good contract good rates Um, I'm just letting you know from experience or you're gonna even if you own there and then you get the money You want from that client They're going to I think their their rates are like 15 percent or whatever you make that's money That can go in your pocket if you guys make a a deal off Off of that platform once you build trust. So you guys got to understand that so guys You will not make money programming if you on a site where you can't separate yourself From the competition You have to put yourself in a position to get those big projects done To really start to kind of put yourself in a position to be valuable If you don't take anything away from this video, you take this The bigger the project Impact the bigger the money you're gonna get the more money you're gonna make The bigger the project impact the more money you're gonna make If you want up work doing these little small tinky projects You're gonna get a small amount of work, which at the beginning is okay Even if you want to make some money a little extra money on size. Okay But you only have 24 hours in a day guys So you want to spend that time working on a big impact impact project so that you can get that big Salary that big money guys So that's why I tell you guys to focus on the problem-solving because nobody's teaching you this A lot of people overseas or in other countries. They try to just write code like I was telling you programming this commodity But problem-solving is it problem-solving is very rare That somebody can really come into your business day one and start solving problems at a high level on that big of an impact If you get that skills the sky's the limit There's no ai in the world right now that can duplicate what you you can do as a rock star developer Yeah ai is going to take up those lower-end jobs. So commoditized job. They're gonna eat them alive Wicks web designers. Oh, they don't have a chance But you guys rock star developers lead developers. You are going to win. So Like I said guys, I'm going to cut this video short if you have additional questions Go ahead and comment below. Do you agree with me? Do you disagree? Let me know that start a conversation in the description box guys If you haven't signed up for our seven step career guide to start making money You want links are in the description box guys if free Let's go ahead and get started with that Like subscribe to the content if you have additional questions comment below I'll see you guys in the digital community. Peace