I recently wrote an article about how I earn $8k per month in under 15h a week. It resonated with a lot of people, and I got a ton of questions about how I did it.

So many people think my journey is a freakish accident, that only luck and some kind of algorithmic deity allowed me to create this lifestyle. But it’s not true. Anyone can do what I’ve done — even you, reading this right now.

I’m a freelance content creator living my absolute dream. I work very little. I love my life. …

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· Option 1. Get a programming certificate online from a university
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· Option 2. Get a programming certificate from a course online
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· You can get your programming certificate online from a university or an online course.

In the simplest possible terms, a programming certificate is something that lets you walk up to an employer and say, “Hello, yes, I know how to SQL. Here’s a piece of paper that proves it. You should hire me.”

When described that way, you can instantly see how getting a programming certificate compares with getting a…

In September of 2020, I was working around 80 hours a week. In March 2021, I worked 42 hours — in the entire month.

In September, I spent forty hours per week, of course, on my day job. The other forty was my writing business: videos, articles, editing, coaching. In March, I have condensed my freelance work into less than 15 hours per week, while earning $8,500.

Here’s how I created my 15-hour workweek while still making enough for a very comfortable lifestyle.

1. I stopped working at my corporate job.

God, I was so afraid during that first week of being fully freelance. I was afraid I’d…

Over the past six months alone, we’ve weathered (in chronological order):

• The “shift” to a relational Medium (the Medium article on the subject, and my video on it)
• The “Glose” acquisition (article and video)
• The Pragmatic Programmer backlog acquisition (an article about this acquisition and my video on it)
• The buyout offer of the nine editorial publications (Medium’s update article and my video on it)
• The significant decrease in performance across many top writers (Medium have not commented on this lol, but here’s my video on it which was very popular)
• Lately, the addition of the “blogrolls” feature (their article…

Should you get a data analyst job? The real question is: Do you know what a data analyst job actually is? You might feel like it’s a buzzword job description that’s only cropped up in the last five years and is easily confused with data scientist or business analyst.

This article will walk you through all the information around data analyst jobs. Once you’ve got the idea of what a data analyst is and who’s a good candidate for that kind of job, then you’ll be much better prepared to know whether you should or shouldn’t go for it.

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In 2018, I wanted to make my cats Instagram famous — and I kind of succeeded.

I took a thrilling step in my content creator journey last week. After 10 hours lovingly crafting, editing, and polishing, I was finally ready to market and hopefully sell my very first digital course.

Heart beating fast, fingers trembling, I pressed send on my very first digital course promo email. Then I refreshed my inbox several times, waiting for that first email to come in to say someone had bought my course.

Nothing happened.

I decided to leave my inbox and go for a run, confident that tons of subscribers would have been convinced by my email copy and bought…

When you’re in a position of wondering, “ Is a coding bootcamp worth it?” you should look at several factors. Coding bootcamp costs, on average, around $13,000. This holds true no matter if you choose to attend coding bootcamp in person or online, though there’s a lot of variance in how much coding bootcamp costs, ranging from $3,000 to $20,000 depending on the language, the length, and who’s running it.

You should also look at alternatives. Maybe you’re asking “ Is a coding bootcamp worth it?” because you’re at the start of your potential career in computer science. You’re looking…