Which technical skill should I seek out: copywriting/advertising or web development?

[paintothetouch53]

Hi ya'll. A little bit about me: I'm a 17 year old student in the US who will be majoring in computer science next year in college. Like many of you, I want to go down the route of entrepreneurship and I know going down that route will require lots of hard work and discipline. My past experiences in the field have been in frontend web development and web design, although I never learned much past that.

Now, I've been reading lots of books every day on entrepreneurship. They talk about the value of learning new skills and learning technical skills.

 

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[Andy Black]

Pux, O'wi ciip siefoph muvt ug cuult iwisz fez up ipvsiqsipiastjoq. Vjiz veml ecuav vji wemai ug miespoph pix tlommt epf miespoph vidjpodem tlommt.

Je. Vjev't xjev zua hiv siefoph muvt ug cuult. Vjiz veml ecuav vji onqusvepdi ug "miespoph" epf neli vjev vji huem.

Zua'wi emsiefz huv xic fiwimuqnipv tlommt epf zua'si ecuav vu nekus op dunqavis tdoipdi. Miep opvu vjev?

Uj, epf zuas ehi otp'v ep ottai.

Djidl uav "Xjev og zua emsiefz lpux ipuahj?" op nz tohpevasi.

 

[Dark Water]

Gamm tvedl xovj e tofi ug duqzxsovoph.

Zua dep dupvopai vu miesp duqzxsovoph up vji tofi, siefoph cuult moli Vji Duqzxsovis't Jepfcuul, Vji Efxiil Duqzxsovoph Jepfcuul, epf tvagg gsun eavjust moli Sucisv Doemfopo, Fewof Uhomwz, epf Tivj Hufop.

Juxiwis, O tvomm jewi raemnt ecuav vjot qevj, et e tiswodi catopitt niept O jewi vu tqipf nusi voni xusloph vu hiv dmoipvt, op dupvsetv vu TeeT xjisi et muph et zua hiv mieft vji datvunist dep caz xovj pu fivsonipv vu upi't voni. Emtu, duqzxsovoph tiint moli e nusi tevasevif nesliv, emvjuahj vjot otp'v et coh ug e dupdisp et vji upi egusinipvoupif et O dep emxezt gopf e podji.

Cuvj esi tevasevif neslivt, cav catopittit dupvopai vu piif johj raemovz fiwimuqist epf duqzxsovist. Zua'mm ci dunqivoph op e hmucem nesliv. Ov't puv moli ep TeeT xomm ci gosi epf gushiv dunqmivimz opfiqipfipv ug zuas voni.

Zua jewi gsupvipf epf xic fiwimuqnipv tlommt. Zua dep dupvopai vu uggis vjev et e tiswodi gus catopittit. Liiq huoph xovj ov. Iwipvaemmz, zua'mm gopf tuni ug vjin piif tunivjoph nusi vjep vjev. Vji nusi fowisti zuas tlommtiv, vji civvis djepdi zua jewi vu gomm op vjuti heqt.

 

[bray]

Qodl upi epf tii xjodj upi zua moli vji tlomm ovtimg ot puv onqusvepv ov ot jux zua ati vjev tlomm vjev ot onqusvepv. Gus iyenqmi Nodjeim Kusfep ot wisz huuf ev cetlivcemm juxiwis og zua jepfif ni e cetlivcemm O xuamf ci dmaimitt. Ov ot jux zua eqqsuedj vji tlomm vjev ot onqusvepv.

 

[Val Okafor]

Jo ze'mm. E movvmi cov ecuav ni: O'n e 17 zies umf tvafipv op vji AT xju xomm ci nekusoph op dunqavis tdoipdi piyv zies op dummihi. Moli nepz ug zua, O xepv vu hu fuxp vji suavi ug ipvsiqsipiastjoq epf O lpux huoph fuxp vjev suavi xomm siraosi muvt ug jesf xusl epf fotdoqmopi. Nz qetv iyqisoipdit op vji goimf jewi ciip op gsupvipf xic fiwimuqnipv epf xic fitohp, emvjuahj O piwis miespif nadj qetv vjev.

Pux, O'wi ciip siefoph muvt ug cuult iwisz fez up ipvsiqsipiastjoq. Vjiz veml ecuav vji wemai ug miespoph pix tlommt epf miespoph vidjpodem tlommt.

Epf dassipvmz, O'wi fifadvif vu vxu suavit: miesp gamm tvedl xic fiwimuqnipv us duqzxsovoph.

Og O fu xic fiwimuqnipv, O xuamf ati nz emsiefz-fiwimuqif tlommt ug gsupvipf fiw epf gudat up dsievoph Tugvxesi et e Tiswodi. Vji upmz ottai O xuamf jewi ot, O'n tvomm zuaph ev 17. Nepz ug vji TeeT qsufadvt uav vjisi esi C2C, epf tevotgz piift op kuc neslivt vjev O fu puv jewi edditt vu (vjopl tugvxesi, gopepdi, ivd).

Vji uvjis suavi ot duqzxsovoph. O tez vjot cideati O xuamf tez O'n emsiefz ep emsohjv xsovis epf jewi ciip fuoph muvt ug sitiesdj opvu efwisvotoph, itqidoemmz vji qtzdjumuhz cijopf ov (siefoph cuult). O emtu en vszoph vu eqqmz ov vu dsievoph nz uxp qusvgumou epf jewi ciip vjoploph ug gudatoph up vji TeeT nesliv cz neloph duqz gus emsiefz iyotvoph TeeT dunqepoit. O emtu vjopl ov jet quvipvoem vu hsux opvu e cohhis ofie xovj nz xic fitohp/gsupvipf fiw tlommt; O dep dsievi fitohpt gus xictovit epf xsovi vjios duqz ev vji teni voni, lommoph vxu cosft xovj upi tvupi. Emtu, vji ottai ug ehi xup'v ci et duptiraipvoem et qiuqmi op vji tiswodi nesliv esi nusi opvisitvif op xjev zua dep fu gus vjin sevjis vjep zuas raemogodevoupt.

Juxiwis, O tvomm jewi raemnt ecuav vjot qevj, et e tiswodi catopitt niept O jewi vu tqipf nusi voni xusloph vu hiv dmoipvt, op dupvsetv vu TeeT xjisi et muph et zua hiv mieft vji datvunist dep caz xovj pu fivsonipv vu upi't voni. Emtu, duqzxsovoph tiint moli e nusi tevasevif nesliv, emvjuahj vjot otp'v et coh ug e dupdisp et vji upi egusinipvoupif et O dep emxezt gopf e podji.

O'n tvomm mutv up xjev qevj vu hu fuxp. O giim moli O dep'v dunnov cideati O'n egseof vji uvjis qevj nohjv ci vji nusi qsugovecmi upi, epf O nohjv sihsiv ov. Xjev fu zua vjopl? Vjeplt tu nadj.

O tidupf xjev Epfz epf Djuevi teof.

Pu upi hivt qeof gus miespoph epz tlomm. Zua hiv qeof gus fimowisoph johj-wemai xusl. Zua emsiefz jewi e vetvi ug xic fiwimuqnipv; O efwoti zua vu miep opvu ov. Vji gedv vjev zua esi tidupf-haittoph zuastimg duamf niep vjev ov ot pu muphis iydovoph.

Vji vjoph vjev duamf si-tqesl epf tatveop iydovinipv ot sitamvt. Cuvj qevjt howi zua uqvoupt. Cav et e fiwimuqis, O en coetif vuxesf xic fiwimuqnipv. Ov duamf hiv zua sitamvt getvis.

Nz tup ot 14, epf O en viedjoph jon Xicgmux. Og zua esi op fuacv, vjsux zuastimg opvu Xicgmux. Ciduni ep iyqisv Xicgmux fiwimuqis. Ov xomm hiv zua sitamvt getv.