How to get rich as a solo software developer - The Ultimate Guide

When you learn how to code, you unlock the ability to build side-businesses that have the potential to make you rich. The 6-step guide provides realistic tips and tricks for launching a solo company as a software engineer.

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- How to create a side business as a developer
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- Tips for becoming a solopreneur
- Implementing payments into an app
- Startup ideas with AI in 2023

[reallions]

That Quentin Tarantino story is just the best. Man really created his own luck 😂😂

[artemisfowl]

THE ENDING WAS GOLDEN, “That’s how you market a side hustle in a video about side hustles” 😂

[enthusiasticgeek]

i cant believe i was just tricked into watching a 9 minute advertisement

[xcrxwadda]

I love the fact, fail often but remember to Fail forward, what a line

[Daxflame]

Thank you for making the animation with me, it was awesome to work with you! : )

[huuks]

This video reminds me of saying
1. Think Big
2. Act Small
3. Deliver Quickly
4. Measure it (user's feedback)
5. Change Quickly

[chriskevini]

You actually showed the entire stack and how you got to that point. Love that

[DiamonC]

Respect to this man for actually doing every project he jokes about

[peace_truth]

Jeff, you are an inspiration. Thank you for existing and providing quality content for the community.

[nhootan]

One of the best dev YT videos I watched ever. Incredible work bringing people up to speed. Simple and to the point.

[aldoxo]

This is the way you share and sell content. Love you dude!

[Utopy]

I spent a few years trying to do that and it's much harder than it sounds, I'm very good at producing high quality code but I'm not creative whatsoever so generating business ideas and trying to execute on them was extremely frustrating and I wasn't able to ship any project in 4 years. It made me miserable so I decided to stop and made my peace with the fact that this is not for me. I'm so much happier now coding projects for others while making good money instead of failing over and over and over again on something I'm not good at because it's "cool" to be a solopreneur.

[nikhiltaneja]

Firebase is truly amazing to build side hustles projects which actually gets shipped.
Thanks for sharing your development process, really inspiring.

[mikemjlove]

Love the big shoutout to Svelte. The only web framework that I personally use with absolute love.

[koala._.]

Your videos are so pleasing to the eye, all of them have original ideas with exceptional execution too. Great work.

[Julio_Zambrano]

Man, this was an amazing video! You are creating your own luck with all of the marketing, design and communication skills you have! Bravo! 🔥

[vladimirkraus]

Sounds a little bit like my own solopreneur experience... :) Having to work on all desktop platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux) everyday I realized that all cross-platform file managers suck and they do not really make me productive... So I asked myself how difficult would it be to create a file manager which suck a little bit less and I started... I created HiFile which may have a motto "a file manager which sucks a bit less" :) And for those who try to google it, yeah, it is nothing revolutionary new, just oldschool "total commander" style manager with some hopefully clever and handy solutions which make my own work faster. And no, it is not yet finished, it still needs some polishing... And most importantly it already made me some 200 bucks :)

[codeSTACKr]

I'm glad I could contribute to this video! I'll be using this app for all of my future memes!! 🙌

[nadotornado]

Holy sh*t. This is exactly the video I needed.

I'm also on a similar path right now - Fullstack Engineer currently building a site/small platform. I think a lot of us get caught up in the building tons of sh*tty little projects (story of my life up until this point) that either don't function properly, have no purpose, or we never validate them until its too late. This video definitely makes some very good points like getting your idea validated early and understanding that while luck plays a large part, you can create some of your own luck through consistent hard work. Love it!!

Thanks for sharing 💯🔥

[zac]

Watching you change your entire youtube strategy has been the best thing about AI so far. I bet you were stressed for a bit but this is gonna work out better