Are you a web developer or designer looking to start freelancing?

But, you don't know where to start.

Here are the TOP 10 freelancing platforms for designers and developers 🧵👇

* THREAD * 1. Upwork

Meet clients you’re excited to work with and take
your career or business to new heights.

upwork.com

You can learn web development for free from YouTube!

But 99.99% of people don't use it correctly.

Here are 10 great channels for you to follow 🧵👇:

*THREAD* 1. Traversy Media ( @traversymedia )

Traversy Media is one of THE best web development channels.

Brad covers anything and everything you need to become a web developer.

youtube.com/c/TraversyMedia

Do You Want To Become A Fullstack Developer In 2022?

Learn:
- HTML and CSS
- Saas and Bootstrap
- JavaScript
- React

Mega thread with resources on learning web development the right way 🧵👇 : 1.1 Important Note

Please, avoid being stuck in tutorial hell.

The best way to avoid it is by building a project after learning a new skill.

This ensures that you've correctly understood the concept and can use it effectively.

The Art of Writing Effective Cover Letters:

When freelancing through jobsites like upwork, the cover letter is essential to get a project. #freelance

This thread shows you how to write a perfect cover letter that is appealing to your clients 🧵👇 ❌ Don't talk about yourself

The client doesn't care that you are from Anartica and now live in the middle of a desert.

He doesn't care what you like, or what your dog's name is.

The client has come to you to save his time, and wasting it is the worst thing you can do.

The Blockchain ⚡ - Explained Like You Are 5 😀!

The blockchain allows you to safely and securely transfer money without the need for a central authority or trust.

Here's a thread on what could be the greatest invention of mankind 🧵👇:

#Blockchain 1. What's the problem 🤔?

Imagine that I'm going to sell a house to my friend and he gives me a downpayment on the house before he gets ownership of the property.

What's stopping me from running away to Antarctica and using the down payment for a luxury igloo 😂?

Why should you contribute to open source?

✅ Network with people and make new friends
✅ Accommodate to large codebases faster
✅ Attractive Github Profile = Job Opportunities

I'm not asking you to dig into react internals. You can work on simple things. Here's a thread 🧵👇 1. Finding Repos

Unlike other articles who ask you to contribute to large repos like Typescript, React, Node etc, there's no shame in contributing to smaller libraries.

It can be as simple as adding a quick start tutorial to the docs, or migrating a component to typescript 😀