Top 5 ways in which a developer can earn a decent income

Developers are usually people who keep updating their skills every day for their development work. They either continue learning by doing development work or when they expose themselves to other opportunities. But what if I say that they also get an opportunity to earn a decent income by doing things other than just developing an application or working for someone? Many entrepreneurs are successful because they decided to stop working for someone and try something in their own way. Most of the freelance developers are also like that and it is important to look for opportunities that would support their plan.

I know a few friends who were working as a developer in a company and they quit their job to start doing freelancing work. Though they initially started their self-dependent career as a freelancer, they were also able to explore other additional opportunities too, and till today they are able to take care of their income. One good thing about living a self-sustaining life is that we don't have to be answerable to anyone and we can work on our own interests.

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Freelancing

The first easy opportunity for any developer would be to become a freelancer. There are many opportunities available to become a freelancer. Until we create a concrete portfolio, it can be a little hard to create a foundation as a freelancer. But there are now platforms available that are noob friendly and they provide opportunities based on skills and not based on experience. Developer should always be updating their skills and mostly focus on one or a few skills in specific to make sure they are not distracted too much. After they are able to do a few projects, they will automatically know what is their path forward.

Creating technical blogs or vlogs

Developers can not only learn by themselves but they can also share what they learned in the form of blogs and vlogs. Some people might have encountered a problem during their development phase. That problem may or may not be a big thing but when they document it in the form of articles or blogs, people who think it is a big thing and people who are stuck with a similar problem might find it very interesting. For professional blogging, there are also revenue streams available. The revenue can either be in the form of blockchain revenue or it can be in the form of ads revenue.

Creating and selling courses

If we are comfortable coding something, there is a good opportunity in creating training material and courses. There are so many open-source projects without proper documentation or learning material. People who would like to learn some software or programming language still use paid training. There can be people who might start liking your project works and would like to learn from you. Not all training materials have to be paid one. Some free training material or courses can also attract people and through that, we might end up getting some opportunities. It is always good to keep the options open in front of us.

Creating plugins and templates

When I first started my career, I was creating websites with the help of templates. I used to wonder how people managed to create such beautiful templates. I then came to know that some template creators have their own fan base and they offer the templates in multiple frameworks which makes it attractive. I used a WordPress template for a few years and I found that template very attractive and it helped for all my needs. Some people either do this as a free service and some people have a premium version of the template and charge only for that. There are also people who give everything for free and look for Github sponsors. Either way, it is either a good learning or it would become a good source of income.

Teaching someone part-time

Even though there are so many learning materials available online, learning from someone is definitely very effective. People can ask their questions and clarifications can happen faster if it is direct learning than learning from a course. This is why teaching can have a great demand all the time. If we are very good at a particular framework or a programming language, we can offer teaching part-time. In spite of having a full-time job, people can still do teaching in their spare time and freelancers can also do this for people who need direct guidance.

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