I'm going to be upfront: there's no big numbers to get excited over, no simple tips and tricks that will make you rich. This is a process thread with a 5+ year plan that will begin with a documented skill acquisition process, and ideally end with closing major deals focusing on brand strategy and market positioning for Fortune 500's. And in the process, I'll be documenting my journey from 0-100, and the resources that I've used to acquire the skills necessary to move forward to my goals, sharing the bumps along the way and strategies I've used to resolve them. I'll probably break things up into stages, each stage being a new thread as I progress further along my journey.
Stage 1: Basic Skill Acquisition
Stage 1.5: Acquiring Freelance Work
Current Skill Stack
Road Map to Becoming a Front-End Web Developer
Stage 1: Basic Skill Acquisition
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- React
- Bootstrap (weekend endeavor)
Stage 1.5: Acquiring Freelance Work
- Develop a body of work, and relationships with local business and entrepreneurs
- Maximize value and return for clients, by optimizing their online presence to get more business in the door
- Marketing Skill Acquisition (Google Ads, Facebook Ads, SEO, etc)
- Provides an exit from my current toxic work environment
- Earn while I learn
- Develop necessary connections in the industry
- Gain experience working with high value clients
- Provides an opportunity for me to focus on the back-end and acquiring other skill sets necessary for my future business
- Most efficient way to learn (vs part-time after another job)
Current Skill Stack
- Photography
- Editing in Lightroom and Adobe Premier
- Some Photoshop (my weakness compared to Lightroom) and some After Effects
- Experience doing full color grade and correction on videos
- Experience doing full edits of raw photos
- Beginner level C and Python (could be relevant later for back-end, web applications, and web assembly)
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