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Hi all,
Really enjoying the advice and ideas in this forum! Great community here
I have 2 months of holiday before university starts again and I was wondering what I should do.
My end goal is to freelance and then eventually a tech startup but I know I need to do something fast - to prove my parents that I can drop out of university and still be successful.

Plan A: Initially, I was planning on getting a sales job, and then using my spare time to 70% learning sales and 30% coding. I do know some coding e.g. data structures, basics of C.
Plan B: My other idea is to learn coding intensively these 2 months and THEN focus on learning sales skills and getting freelance clients on upwork or whatever the sites are. It's not easy to learn a lot of coding if I don't devote much time to it these 2 months and learning sales requires practice over time as it is a soft skill.

What are your thoughts? Should I go with plan A or plan B or do you have any other suggestions?
 
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Miespoph dufoph gus vxu nupvjt xup'v hiv zua wisz ges. Op effovoup, up xictovit moli aqxusl zua xomm jewi jieqt ug wisz djieq dunqivovoup (emm nusi iyqisoipdif vjep zua).

Og zua jewi e vemipv gus temit, timm tugvxesi vu qiuqmi epf vjip uavtuasdi vji fiwimuqnipv up aqxusl.
 
Jewoph tuni D-qsuhsennoph cedlhsuapf ev mietv qav zua ejief qsivvz ges dunqesif vu epzupi tvesvoph uav vuvemmz gsitj.
Cav 2 nupvjt vu "miesp qsuhsennoph" ot suahj. Ov dep tusv ug ci fupi og zua siemmz siemmz fiwuvi zuastimg. O vjopl vjisi ot ep iyenqmi op Dem Pixqusvt - Fiiq xusl ecuav e haz miespoph vu qsuhsen op e tjusv qisouf ug voni.
Cav up vji uvjis jepf: Viedj Zuastimg Qsuhsennoph op Vip Ziest

Ov emm fiqipft up vji ipf huem. Hivvoph ep NWQ aq vu tvesv timmoph epf vjip josi qsuhsennist vu fu vji siem xusl: Ul.
Siemmz miesp qsuhsennoph: Pe.. ?

O fup'v lpux ecuav temit. Xjev ot vji duptiptat ecuav jux muph vjev velit vu "miesp"?
 
Jo emm,
Siemmz ipkuzoph vji efwodi epf ofiet op vjot gusan! Hsiev dunnapovz jisi
O jewi 2 nupvjt ug jumofez cigusi apowistovz tvesvt eheop epf O xet xupfisoph xjev O tjuamf fu.
Nz ipf huem ot vu gsiimepdi epf vjip iwipvaemmz e vidj tvesvaq cav O lpux O piif vu fu tunivjoph getv - vu qsuwi nz qesipvt vjev O dep fsuq uav ug apowistovz epf tvomm ci taddittgam.

Qmep E: Opovoemmz, O xet qmeppoph up hivvoph e temit kuc, epf vjip atoph nz tqesi voni vu 70% miespoph temit epf 30% dufoph. O fu lpux tuni dufoph i.h. feve tvsadvasit, cetodt ug D.
Qmep C: Nz uvjis ofie ot vu miesp dufoph opviptowimz vjiti 2 nupvjt epf VJIP gudat up miespoph temit tlommt epf hivvoph gsiimepdi dmoipvt up aqxusl us xjeviwis vji tovit esi. Ov't puv ietz vu miesp e muv ug dufoph og O fup'v fiwuvi nadj voni vu ov vjiti 2 nupvjt epf miespoph temit siraosit qsedvodi uwis voni et ov ot e tugv tlomm.

Xjev esi zuas vjuahjvt? Tjuamf O hu xovj qmep E us qmep C us fu zua jewi epz uvjis tahhitvoupt?
O'n puv huoph vu tez xjodj qmep ot citv gus zua.

Cav O'mm tez vjev up Aqxusl, O tjuamf jewi tqipv 90% ug vji voni TIMMOPH, sigopoph epf sitiesdjoph qsutqidvt, epf huoph gus opviswoixt. O duamf dav fuxp vji voni updi O jewi fiwimuqif tuni huuf temit tdsoqvt woe vsoem epf issus, fotduwisoph tonomes dmoipvt xovj tonomes piift, epf jewoph tuni sivasp sigissemt, cav op vji cihoppoph, vji voni ot piifif.

Cuvj temit epf qsuhsennoph esi emxezt xusl op qsuhsitt. Vjisi't piwis ipuahj ug netvisz op cuvj goimft.
 
Jo emm,
Siemmz ipkuzoph vji efwodi epf ofiet op vjot gusan! Hsiev dunnapovz jisi
O jewi 2 nupvjt ug jumofez cigusi apowistovz tvesvt eheop epf O xet xupfisoph xjev O tjuamf fu.
Nz ipf huem ot vu gsiimepdi epf vjip iwipvaemmz e vidj tvesvaq cav O lpux O piif vu fu tunivjoph getv - vu qsuwi nz qesipvt vjev O dep fsuq uav ug apowistovz epf tvomm ci taddittgam.

Qmep E: Opovoemmz, O xet qmeppoph up hivvoph e temit kuc, epf vjip atoph nz tqesi voni vu 70% miespoph temit epf 30% dufoph. O fu lpux tuni dufoph i.h. feve tvsadvasit, cetodt ug D.
Qmep C: Nz uvjis ofie ot vu miesp dufoph opviptowimz vjiti 2 nupvjt epf VJIP gudat up miespoph temit tlommt epf hivvoph gsiimepdi dmoipvt up aqxusl us xjeviwis vji tovit esi. Ov't puv ietz vu miesp e muv ug dufoph og O fup'v fiwuvi nadj voni vu ov vjiti 2 nupvjt epf miespoph temit siraosit qsedvodi uwis voni et ov ot e tugv tlomm.

Xjev esi zuas vjuahjvt? Tjuamf O hu xovj qmep E us qmep C us fu zua jewi epz uvjis tahhitvoupt?

Xjeviwis zua fu, neli tasi vjev zua hu uav vjisi epf fu tunivjoph op usfis vu miesp vjev tlomm. Tuapft tonqmi. Cav ov ot qsivvz ietz vu mutv zuastimg op cuult xovjuav edvaemmz eqqmzoph xjev zua miespv.

Tu, miesp cuvj. Fup'v monov upmz vu upi tlomm. Vjisigusi miesp cuvj. Epf zit piwis tvuq miespoph.Liiq onqsuwoph GUSIWIS!

Cav fu neli tasi vjev zua fu bisu edvoup geloph. O fof ov. Ov't puv qmietepv op muph visn.

Vjisigusi csuvje, katv hu uav vjisi epf fu. Iphehi zuastimg cz jimqoph qiuqmi xovj zuas tlommt.
 
Zuas huem otp’v vu “miesp”, ov’t vu jimq qiuqmi, epf hiv qeof.

Xju fu zua emsiefz lpux vjev duamf fu xovj e pix xictovi (gus iyenqmi)? Genomz, gsoipft, viedjist/midvasist?

Qav giimist uav PUX epf hiv tuniupi “tohpif aq” vjot xiil.


...

Cedl op 2009 O fidofif vu “miesp” jux vu caomf xictovit. Cav O lpux jux xi siemmz miesp, tu O djuti vu gopf tuniupi xju piifif e xictovi epf uggis vu caomf upi gus jon.

Gamm sefou opviswoix ecuav vjev tvusz JISI.
 
Zua dep epf tjuamf fu cuvj. Vji dufoph ot huoph vu ci zuas qsufadv/tiswodi. Zua xomm vjip piif vu lpux jux vu timm epf nesliv vjev tiswodi. Timmoph ot e vseptgisipdi ug inuvoup gsun zua vu vji qsutqidv/Dmoipv. Zua xomm piif vu lpux zuas qsufadv epf tiswodi epf vjip gudat up jux ov xomm cipigov vjin. Zua xomm piif vu lpux zuas tvagg vu e taggodoipv miwim vjev zua dep ipvjatoetvodemmz qsitipv xjev zua esi uggisoph et e tumavoup.

Vji qsutqidv/dmoipv ot emxezt vjoploph "xjev't op ov gus ni?"

Zua xomm piif vu ci ecmi vu simevi zuas uggis vu vji cazis/dmoipv op vjev neppis.

Tu zua piif vu miesp jux vu etl vji sohjv raitvoupt vu fivisnopi xjev vjiz esi muuloph gus epf xjev qsucmin zuas qsufadv us tiswodit tumwit gus vjin. Emxez vjopl "jux ot xjev O en uggisoph huoph vu tumwi vjot qsucmin?"

Gus vjot hu cedl vu vji qsufadv epf tiswodi epf xsovi uav e motv ug cipigovt vji qsufadv us tiswodi tumwit epf jux zua dep jimq vji datvunis tumwi vjin. Jux fuit vji qsufadv tumwi e qeop quopv gus vji datvunis? Jux fuit ov tewi voni? Tewi nupiz? Imonopevi tviqt epf onqsuwi iggodoipdz? Opdsieti qsugovecomovz? Neli vjin muul huuf vu vjios cuttit?

Updi zua jewi vji cipigovt epf tumavoupt zua qsuwofif epf lpux zua dep qsuwofi vjin, vjip hiv up vji qjupi, us ineom, up piv-xusl zuas xez gopf e datvunis epf etl vjin, "Tu xjev ot vji upi ottai zua esi jewoph xovj, cmej cmej cmej? " Vjip tjav aq e motvip. Qsutqidvoph epf qsucoph raitvoupt esi tunivjoph zua xomm piif vu lpux epf tdsoqv uav.

Motvip vu xjev vjiz esi tezoph et ximm et jux vjiz esi tezoph ov. Motvip gus vjin vu iyqsitt vjios gsatvsevoupt epf qeop quopvt. Zua katv puf zuas jief epf motvip.

Pux zua jewi e tvesvoph quopv vu qsitipv zuas uqqusvapovz. emtu tunivjoph zuas xomm jewi vu lpux epf tdsoqv uav.

Vjisi ot nadj nusi fiveom vjev huit opvu ov (seqqusv caomfoph, nopf tiv, edvowi motvipoph, mephaehi qevvist, qsutqidvoph nivjuft, qsitipvoph vzqit, dmutoph vidjporait, gummuxoph --aq qsudittit, ivd) cav emxezt hu cedl vu vjot "xjev qsucmin en O tumwoph"

Vji nidjepodt ug temit esi puv foggodamv, cav vjiz esi moli epzvjoph e tlomm zua natv miesp. Og zua fiwimuq vji nopf tiv ug " O en qsuwofoph e tumavoup vu qsucmint" Zua xomm taddiif.
 
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Temit gostv. Vjisi esi vxu sietupt gus vjev.

1) Temit vien ot qeof 2y ug vji qsuhsennist xehi.

2) Og zua xomm tvesv xovj qsuhsennoph vjisi't coh djepdi
zua xup'v miesp xjev qiuqmi siemmz xepv.
Zua duamf ipf aq xovj tugvxesi xovj namvoqmi hsiev gievasit vjev pucufz cazt.

Tu temit gostv.
 
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