Eddie Temple
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- Aug 17, 2016
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Don't put your notice until you land a few clients, or even better, until you are in big demand.
Thank me later
Thank me later
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Haha I already put in my two weeks.
I believe in this. I know it will eventually work out
My 1 month goals:
1. Design two free websites
2. create my own website
3. talk to an accountant and find out how to open up your business
I already sent around 3 emails to companies, but I never heard back from them.
This past week the only action I took toward my business was to fix the Contact Form on my website.
1. Make $1M/year before I reach 30 (5 clients that pay me $20k / month)
Hi, I’m also a mechanical engineer around the same age. I’ve made two websites for clients so far, but I’m still working my 9-5. Why not continue to work and build websites on the side. I dedicate 35 hours a week to a web design while working 9-5. I personally a wouldn’t quit my job until i made a solid portfolio and generated $5k.WEEK 1What's up everyone,
My goal is to record my weekly progress as web designer until I reach $1M / year. I think that is a good way of measuring my success with this hustle.
A little bit about me:
I just turned 24 yo and I graduated with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. After graduation, I went on a trip to S. Korea by myself as I wanted to explore a new country (besides Mexico and US). On my trip I was thinking about my future. Do I want to be an engineer? or do I want to build my own business? I was indecisive. I came back to San Diego in July '18 and I got a job offer as a quality engineer and I took the opportunity.
I never knew what working a 9-5 felt like. First weeks, since it was something new, I was happy and excited to show up to work. I felt like I was on the right path. But then, something started happening. I started seeing the reality. To make it short, it was an environment I did not enjoy. I did not wanted to have this type of life. I wanted to have an epic life with adventures. Have the time to do things I actually enjoy doing! (Soccer, partying, and gym).
That is when I came across Fox's post (about web design). Since, I am an engineer I have always loved coding. It is something I enjoy and something I get in the flow when doing. I started reading the post and I knew this is something I wanted to do. I immediately started taking action.
Fast-forward to today:
- I decided I will quit my job and this week I will talk to my boss about putting in the two week notice. I will work on my dreams! I have $2500 in my bank account (+ two more weeks) and hopefully that lasts until I start earning money with web design.
- I bought a domain (through Namecheap $3/year), host (godaddy $11/month), and I am almost done with my own website (template was $17 or $30)
- I already took the Udemy course Fox recommended and also the codecademy course
I have to thank @Fox so much for all the value that he has given to everyone (YouTube & TMF ).
My 1 month goals:
1. Design two free websites
2. create my own website
3. talk to an accountant and find out how to open up your business
My long-term goals related to web design:
1. Make $1M/year before I reach 30 (5 clients that pay me $20k / month)
2. Once I see my business bringing in 6 figures, I will try and outsource most of the work so I can focus on bringing in more revenue or working on something else
3. Create a kick-a$$ team that I enjoy working with (5-10 people)
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If anyone is in the San Diego area I would love to connect with you. PM me
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If anyone has any tips, questions, or whatever comment it here or PM me
Let kick some a$$,
LR
Look into Django and Django wagtail
If you're looking into finding one or two clients for your portfolio, put up an ad on Craigslist. Shouldn't take long to find someone who wants to get a website for free.
I know you won't listen, but you'll end up broke and looking for a new job anyway, about the time you stop posting updates here. so yeah.. good luck
Don't put your notice until you land a few clients, or even better, until you are in big demand.
Thank me later
I'm looking forward to see your next progress posts, it seems to me very interesting to run this kind of business. Also you should consider previous advices. If you will have some questions about making websites don't hesitate to ask me, I'm a software developer so I will try to help you as much as it possible. Wish you all the best!
How is your business going these days?Man Oh Man this sounds really familiar... since I did the same thing back in 2014! Quit a good job BEFORE you even get another one, or in his case, become self-employed, because of ultimate confidence! Hopefully you don't get burned like I was!
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