36 Lessons From 36 Months Outside a Coding Job

Опубликовано: 31 Май 2024
на канале: Tom Gregory Tech
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I quit my software development job 36 months ago, with a goal to figure out how to earn an income on my own. Here are 36 lessons I've learned since then.

0:00 Introduction.
0:10 The knowledge in your head is probably worth more than you think.
0:28 Climbing the career ladder is just one of many possible life goals.
0:52 Your colleagues won't miss you as much as you hoped.
1:08 Not learning the parts of software development that scared me held me back.
1:38 If I can't give advice, I'll share my perspective .
2:12 Software development is just the first skill of many you need to succeed outside a job.
2:32 It's impossible to motivate yourself to do something you're not interested in.
2:54 School narrows your mind. The goal of the rest of your life is to expand it.
3:30 Most slick looking web pages are designed by novices who follow a step-by-step process.
3:55 You can replicate the good parts of having a job.
4:19 Nobody will make success happen but you.
4:35 Follow stories of those who make $10,000s/month to find a way forward.
5:00 Trying to make content without something to talk about is HARD.
5:30 It's up to you to make people care about your stuff.
6:02 Don't be afraid to ditch one product to move onto the next.
6:30 Getting a job is a goal assigned to you by society.
6:58 Writing perfect code doesn't help you reach your goal.
7:21 You don't need to spend money to attract clients.
7:41 The fantastic opportunity that popped in your head is procrastination in disguise.
8:07 Get perfect later.
8:28 Savings can fund a low-cost low-income lifestyle for years.
8:54 You must change your beliefs if you want to succeed.
9:23 Nobody succeeding in business is any more intelligent than you.
9:47 Feeling lost with no direction is part of the process.
10:08 Your editing skills have little to do with your video's success.
10:39 95% of what you learn in a coding job is irrelevant outside of one.
11:06 Coding is a dopamine reward system as addictive as hell.
11:32 Being right isn't the same as being successful.
11:53 Having goals and overcoming challenges is my happiness hack.
12:24 Humans are social by nature. Don't make building your own thing anti-social.
12:55 Lack of team peer pressure is liberating and a challenge.
13:17 Working 9-5 is a surprisingly good template for productivity.
13:31 Don't dismiss the key ingredients in your past successes.
14:03 You are a caveman descendent doing your best with what nature gave you.
14:27 I work just as well without caffeine as I do with.
14:51 Working a job is playing life on easy mode. Working outside a job shifts it up to hard.


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