How to work as a freelancer as Developer in 2020

How to work as a freelancer as Developer in 2020: 

To start doing web development jobs as a freelancer, you need to have a couple of solid web apps that are running live online. When you create an online portfolio looking for freelancing jobs in platforms like freelancers, Upwork, or fiver you should show them that you have at least 2 or 3 FullStack projects running life online.

If you learned web development on your own doing online courses, you must have built some superficial apps such as todo apps, weather apps, basic login/register system, etc.

One of the most challenging aspects of getting into freelance work is having a portfolio showing completed client projects.

For this reason, your personal freelance website should be a showcase piece in and of itself. Take time to create an engaging, interactive site using current design trends. Be sure to indicate that you’ve built the site from the ground up and can do the same for your clients. Tell your clients who you are, what you’re passionate about, what you can do for them, how it will benefit them, and why they should choose you.

Add opportunities for interaction, such as links to social networking accounts, a contact form, or even a live chat option. Lastly, consider including a blog to showcase your expertise of latest web development trends and techniques, and to also aid in increasing your SEO

So what you need to do?

Trust me no one would like to hire such developer. So the question is what do you do? I can tell you what to do. That is the reason why I am writing this post. Your career as a freelance web developer is about to kick off real hard!

Why React Nodejs developer?

First of all lets talk about the skillset you must have. We are talking about react nodejs developer jobs here.

The reason you should focus on react nodejs is because you need to know only one programming language to work with this stack. JavaScript.

The second reason is that react nodejs developers get the highest payout there and extremely high in demand. Many businesses out there want to build new app or re-write their existing apps using react nodejs.

And most importantly (?) it is the most fun stack to work with :) and it’s demand is skyrocketing.

The skills you must have to land jobs as a freelancer

Good understanding of JavaScript
Basics of React
Basics of NodeJs
At least 2 or 3 Rock solid real world projects running live

What projects will you be coding most of the time:

Almost all web apps require the same set of functionalities such as CRUD (create, read, update, delete )  

Authentication (login and register) and Authorization (access control, admin dashboard), etc

Database queries, uploading images, contact form, searching etc
Payment integration such as PayPal and Credit Card
SEO (search engine optimization) is extremely important and often overlooked by react devs.
People paying you to build apps will definitely want their website to be found on google search, so SEO is crucial here.
And of course deploying and pushing changes in a regular basis to the production app is a must.

Here is a problem

Most of the online courses teach you how to build superficial apps like todo apps, basic authentication system that is not suitable to use in real world etc.

They also include Redux and GraphQL on each apps no matter how small of bing the app is, making it impossible for single developer to build FullStack app.

If you have build only that sort of apps then you are in trouble. But keep reading, I have a solution for you.

Here is the solution

If you already know JavaScript then that's awesome. That's all you need to know for what I am going to suggest to you now.

Almost all web apps require the same set of functionalities such as CRUD (create, read, update, delete)

To wrap things up, while starting your freelance career in web development requires the significant investment of your time and effort, the end result is a career that provides maximum freedom, flexibility, work-life balance and potential for earning. Continue to push your learning, and increasing your skillset to offer the most value to future clients.