Hey red pill people ;--)
My name is Jonathan and in less than a month I will turn 24 years old. I have 6 years to become a millionaire.
This is my boring story... start reading from the bottom to get to the meat of this thread :--)
Context
My current mission
My ideal offer is to coach/consult people for a month in which we will do every week 1 session for an hour,
I'm going to teach them step-by-step on how to get more interviews as a software developer.
A little bit background, since the age of 13 years old I was learning programming.
When most people were out with friends I was doing homework and learning to program.
1.5 years ago, I got my first job as a software developer, I had no connections, no degree, and no experience.
After I struggled to get interviews I tried all sorts of ways to stand-out
and with the mindset of never-losing and I will do whatever it takes I got 3 offers after 2 weeks of massive action.
So this is what I'm going to teach people, and LinkedIn is saturated with people who struggle with this problem. It's not just me thinking it's a good idea, there are signs from the market.
It's also saturated with people who do what I do so it's going to be interesting.
Future plans
I know this is not fastlane yet, but I have a lot of plans to scale.
Since developers earn $50K-$100K in their first job, I can charge way more than my initial price.
My plan is after gaining more experience and getting people results to charge $1K per client and even more.
Then I can create an online product and automate the coaching.
Then I can find problems I can solve to my clients with software and maybe have memberships.
The options are limitless so it's going to be amazing!
And even if this idea will not work, it feels good to "feel the market" and take action.
There is a lot more I want to share but this is it for now :--)
Btw, if you want to get feedback on your sales pitch or just to practice,
we can do a mocking sales call on Skype or Google Meet.
- Jonathan
My name is Jonathan and in less than a month I will turn 24 years old. I have 6 years to become a millionaire.
This is my boring story... start reading from the bottom to get to the meat of this thread :--)
Context
- I started uploading YouTube videos once a week since September 2019. It failed. No one watched and I failed to build an audience. But for me, it was a win because I learned soooo much about marketing, communication, video editing, copywriting, and more.
- C0VlD-19 arrived and it changed everything for me.
I invested more time on YouTube and tested a lot of ways to grow my channel, but still failed.
I saw James Jani going viral on YouTube and it blew my mind!
I made a video about Jani and it was the best video I've ever published,
I invested around 100 hours making this video applying James's tips from his
thread on the forum and indeed it got some traction.
- In July after I released Jani's video I went all-in on my consulting business.
I'm still in my validation phase but since July the progress was insane!
I broke a few glass ceilings and my goal of becoming a millionaire before 30 seems so real!
The numbers are not insane yet but it's just the mindset after seeing how things are working that make it so real in my head.
- At the end of July, I did 11 video calls with prospects all around the world.
And this month started sooo good.
Yesterday someone paid me for 1 hour of consulting for the first time, it wasn't a lot but it was a nice feeling.
I also got this week 16 calls so far which is the best week I had so far.
The reason why I get more calls is I started posting on LinkedIn and the organic reach there is insane! 1 post got 20+ likes and around 2000 views :O
My current mission
My ideal offer is to coach/consult people for a month in which we will do every week 1 session for an hour,
I'm going to teach them step-by-step on how to get more interviews as a software developer.
A little bit background, since the age of 13 years old I was learning programming.
When most people were out with friends I was doing homework and learning to program.
1.5 years ago, I got my first job as a software developer, I had no connections, no degree, and no experience.
After I struggled to get interviews I tried all sorts of ways to stand-out
and with the mindset of never-losing and I will do whatever it takes I got 3 offers after 2 weeks of massive action.
So this is what I'm going to teach people, and LinkedIn is saturated with people who struggle with this problem. It's not just me thinking it's a good idea, there are signs from the market.
It's also saturated with people who do what I do so it's going to be interesting.
Future plans
I know this is not fastlane yet, but I have a lot of plans to scale.
Since developers earn $50K-$100K in their first job, I can charge way more than my initial price.
My plan is after gaining more experience and getting people results to charge $1K per client and even more.
Then I can create an online product and automate the coaching.
Then I can find problems I can solve to my clients with software and maybe have memberships.
The options are limitless so it's going to be amazing!
And even if this idea will not work, it feels good to "feel the market" and take action.
There is a lot more I want to share but this is it for now :--)
Btw, if you want to get feedback on your sales pitch or just to practice,
we can do a mocking sales call on Skype or Google Meet.
- My advice for everyone who is just starting out (including myself) is to just pick something. Experience is GOLD. Engaging with the market is going to teach you soooo much. Later you can change your biz model and use the skills you learned but start with something.
- Jonathan
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