I'm thinking of learning PHP/WordPress or Javascript as a way to get my feet wet into Freelancing. What's a more lucrative and easy way to get into Web development as a remote web developer?
There's no easy way, and when starting out you are competing with many, many other people with the same idea. The bottom of the web development freelancer pool is not lucrative. But here's a couple of starting points.
> What's a more lucrative and easy way to get into Web development as a remote web developer?
There's no other way than to get online and be noticed. As far as I know, the people being hunted down are 1) The ones that contribute to some open source project and 2) ones that are active in programming communities like Quora or StackOverflow. That's because employers have tangible evidence of your skill level (they see you code).
> I'm thinking of learning PHP/WordPress or Javascript as a way to get my feet wet into Freelancing.
Every technology has their own niche in the freelance world. Choose one you're comfortable with, and where the action is. If you're still starting off, better learn fast. These freelance things don't start off easy. Half of it is the work, the other half, the paperwork.
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There's no other way than to get online and be noticed. As far as I know, the people being hunted down are 1) The ones that contribute to some open source project and 2) ones that are active in programming communities like Quora or StackOverflow. That's because employers have tangible evidence of your skill level (they see you code).
> I'm thinking of learning PHP/WordPress or Javascript as a way to get my feet wet into Freelancing.
Every technology has their own niche in the freelance world. Choose one you're comfortable with, and where the action is. If you're still starting off, better learn fast. These freelance things don't start off easy. Half of it is the work, the other half, the paperwork.