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Lazaro Viera
1,123 PointsFront-End Web development and freelancing.
Hi all!
I'm currently undergoing the Front-End track and loving it so far, I plan on doing design next. I'm getting really comfortable with HTML/CSS/JS and I'm becoming more confident in creating sites with the skills i'm learning. I want to build a portfolio and start getting some freelancing experience sooner than later. I understand that as a front-end person I'm going to need some design sense and i'm definitely up for learning that. My question is; in order to freelance, do I need to be a one man team and be able to do Design/Front-End and back end? Or could I just focus on front-end and design? I do understand that a lot of freelancers use WordPress but I'm not sure if that takes care of back end. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
2 Answers
Kai Nightmode
37,045 PointsYou can definitely specialize and be successful as a freelancer. It will somewhat limit project options if you have zero comfort with back-end tech so I would recommend learning just enough back-end tech to support your front-end and design desires. :D
With just a little bit of rounding out experience you'll find that you can work on so many more projects but still focus on what you want to do most of the time.
P.S. - The hardest thing for me when I started freelancing was building up my reputation and portfolio. I had to take on a lot of lower paying jobs and tasks that were out of my comfort zone before I built up a stable of awesome clients. Awesome clients being people would paid on time, were nice, AND had projects I was actively interested in working on.
Lazaro Viera
1,123 PointsDaniel, thanks so much for your answer. Definitely noted!