Freelancing Vs Full Time - Which Should You Choose?

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[AaronJack]

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[sogggy]

Aaron Jack, a few years ago you made a video suggesting people to learn React. I bought my first Udemy course on React the same day. Long story short, I am now a React developer. It started with your advice. Thanks.

[levihalperin]

Im currently freelancing while I look for full time employment. I want to get a full time job so I can focus mostly on just improving my programming skills for a year or two before going back to freelancing.

[volimsir]

My advice - always start with full time, so you can focus on your craft, and meet people that are in the same business as you. When you master your craft, try branching out into freelance. You will have more experience (you can use this for reference as well), and a network of people that can help you find potential clients.

[DataProfessor]

Greetings from Thailand. This is a great and thorough breakdown of freelancing and full time roles. 10 minutes well spent! 😊

[gloglok]

I think you did a pretty good job at balancing the pros and cons of each option, because I was tempted by freelancing but am now leaning more towards full fime 😊
Also another pro of full-time is you can work in a team of great people with seniors to teach you stuff if you like to work in teams!

Thanks for the great review!

[onelcruz]

Aaron you got me to switch from IT to software development back when you posted one of your first you tube videos about React. Fast forward and I’m now procrastinating on you tube while I run my unit tests lol. Cheers 🍻

[crispyngold]

You rock you’re doing a great thing with your advice within your videos!

[bntlifetv]

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that the most important thing in life is to be happy. When I went to school, I was asked what I want to become when I grow up. I wrote "happy". They told me - "you did not understand the task", and I answered - "you did not understand life."

[gwho]

yes!
No obvious basic stuff that so many youtubers put out to get play time.
then abstract that to frameworks!🙌
Aaron gets it!

[edcrookshanks]

It's good you mention cost of benefits. I have a friend who tried freelance consulting in the states and had to pay around 40K per year for family coverage. Absolutely had to have benefits provided through an employer. He says he may approach it again some day but will wait until kids out and on their own.

[CodeMounir]

Hey man, can you do a video about taxes primarily, how you went about learning international tax, what to look for and so forth. I am Canadian, got into programming for remote opportunities to travel. However, admittedly I am not knowledgeable in this area and I don't even know where to start. Thank you kindly, lots of respect man

[ranulfwhitewolf]

You're such an inspiration, Aaron. I teach English in Korea after a dead end job in Japan. I just finished an HTML course and I'm starting a frontend web development course next month.

I'm really curious about life in Eastern Europe, especially Russia or Ukraine.

Especially given the uncertainty of covid lockdowns, my new dream is either to be a freelance remote developer or a fulltime remote developer (that is possible, right?) earning USD while living in a low cost country.

[Meritumas]

If you end up working for a big company it’s unlikely you will learn sales, marketing etc. You will end up doing very narrow stuff for a minimum a year before the company will allow you to move internally… waste of career and time. Work for smaller shops!

[nafeestariq]

One of the best videos on this topic on YouTube

[rdix]

I'm a new subscriber and also looking into becoming a Freelancer.

[fun]

Good work Please

Greetings from the pearl of Africa.

[nevyanamomchilova]

Great video Aaron, thank you for it, I liked your point of view and also that you asked questions 😊 Awesome YouTube channel! Happy to follow you here 😊

[rubberroast]

If you go freelance, do you first have to incorporate a business entity etc or can you just offer yourself and get paid directly?

[eddieramirez]

I am freelancing as a graphic designer, moving towards Front End Dev learning (HTML5 + CSS GRID). I reached a wall. I am wondering how do I transition toward building responsive sites? I mean do I start with a template of code and build upon that every time? I wish there was a place online to practice building websites. I need a base to go from. I really want to freelance in Web DeV. Any advice is appreciated for this beginner. Thank you!