Is any of you here a freelance web developer living in Cambodia?
I am trying to make plans for after coronavirus and I want to live in the sun full-time, so I've decided to come back to Cambodia.
I wonder if 1 year (2021) is long enough to learn web development enough to get paid on job boards or small companies.
Something easy, plentiful, and niched down like PHP for wordpress plugins would be my preference.
Has anyone successfully done similar or knows people who have?
Any Freelance Web Developers In Cambodia?
I'm a web developer living in Cambodia. 1 year is enough to learn PHP or Wordpress. But that is no longer enough to become hireable. You need html, css, javascript, and at least one or more of javascript frameworks (Angular, React, Vue). Maybe, if you are an Wordpress expert you can live off that. I don't know about wordpress. Seems like kinda old technology at this point.
Don't know where you expect to get customers from either. You need a number of jobs on your resume. And probably also some existing clients. Seems like your best bet would be to save up money while in Europe, and try to make your own companies here living off your savings.
Don't know where you expect to get customers from either. You need a number of jobs on your resume. And probably also some existing clients. Seems like your best bet would be to save up money while in Europe, and try to make your own companies here living off your savings.
No. You missed that train by about 10-15 years. Your competition is more experienced and cheaper than you.ScurvyPirate wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:07 amI wonder if 1 year (2021) is long enough to learn web development enough to get paid on job boards or small companies.
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Sounds like you've answered a slightly different question I've casually pondered recently re: whether it's worthwhile learning coding and web development.Alexandra wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:12 pmNo. You missed that train by about 10-15 years. Your competition is more experienced and cheaper than you.ScurvyPirate wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:07 amI wonder if 1 year (2021) is long enough to learn web development enough to get paid on job boards or small companies.
Slightly different in that my first intention was to do some of the seeming 1001 courses I have access to for my own purposes only to create a site or blog.
My second thought was to maybe generate a side income or even generate enough for it to be a living income.
Looks like stage 2 of the idea is a total non-starter and I should confine myself to producing a site that likely only I will ever visit.
Rune: are all those things possible to learn within 1 year by studying 4 hours per day? I'm hoping to spend the remaining days of this year learning HTML and CSS.
Alexandra: can you guess how cheap those other coders charge per hour? I don't mind doing cheap work to top up my savings for a few years to gather experience.
I have looked on job boards like Monster and to say some coding jobs (ie PHP) require very little is an understatement. A few years experience with clients and a good portfolio looks like it could help me get an entry level job on a long term plan further down the line. I would be competing with other westerners in local markets for those jobs that aren't maybe remote.
Alexandra: can you guess how cheap those other coders charge per hour? I don't mind doing cheap work to top up my savings for a few years to gather experience.
I have looked on job boards like Monster and to say some coding jobs (ie PHP) require very little is an understatement. A few years experience with clients and a good portfolio looks like it could help me get an entry level job on a long term plan further down the line. I would be competing with other westerners in local markets for those jobs that aren't maybe remote.
I'd say yes. Especially HTML and CSS. Not hard at all.
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Yes, 1 year is enough to learn PHP (or some other language), HTML & CSS if you study & code daily.
If you can come up good idea, you can make living just creating a WordPress plugin. I know lot of guys making their living from that. Few guys making even millions each year but most $100k or under. But chance that you can come up an idea for a plugin that makes money are pretty small with the level of experience you have.
If I were you, and if not currently working, I would start learning now. One week "studying", 4-6 hours each day and then another week doing some small fun project with the skills you learned previous week. Then again another week of "studying" and then again some fun project. Also from day 1 I would look all the possible web dev / tech / startup meetups in your area and take part in those and try to network with people. Because of covid this is bit harder but meetups are still happening on Zoom/Teams/Hangout and through them you can then join Slack channels.
After 6 months setup GitHub account and start putting your own small projects there that you do each month. But just keep the latest ones there.
Then after 6-8 months or so, I would try to contact small agencies / dev studios and offer my skills for them. Don't care about the salary this point. This is just you to get your feet between the door and get some real experience.
If you follow this, after 12 months you should have pretty solid basic skills of web development, with some connections. Then you can try to get job/projects through your connections and/or check job offers that offer full time remote positions.
If you can come up good idea, you can make living just creating a WordPress plugin. I know lot of guys making their living from that. Few guys making even millions each year but most $100k or under. But chance that you can come up an idea for a plugin that makes money are pretty small with the level of experience you have.
If I were you, and if not currently working, I would start learning now. One week "studying", 4-6 hours each day and then another week doing some small fun project with the skills you learned previous week. Then again another week of "studying" and then again some fun project. Also from day 1 I would look all the possible web dev / tech / startup meetups in your area and take part in those and try to network with people. Because of covid this is bit harder but meetups are still happening on Zoom/Teams/Hangout and through them you can then join Slack channels.
After 6 months setup GitHub account and start putting your own small projects there that you do each month. But just keep the latest ones there.
Then after 6-8 months or so, I would try to contact small agencies / dev studios and offer my skills for them. Don't care about the salary this point. This is just you to get your feet between the door and get some real experience.
If you follow this, after 12 months you should have pretty solid basic skills of web development, with some connections. Then you can try to get job/projects through your connections and/or check job offers that offer full time remote positions.
Highly depending on your base education, though if something technical, study 1-2 months and then start with small mom&pop websites, gradually moving to bigger and more complicated stuff. That'll bring experience, which is far more important than a long theoretical study. And in parallel, take care to do the courses, along what you need for the practical stuff.
Be aware, website developers tend to focus on their techy things, whereas running your business (ie getting customers being prepared to pay suitable) is far more important.
Be aware, website developers tend to focus on their techy things, whereas running your business (ie getting customers being prepared to pay suitable) is far more important.
Can you please list 5 Cambodian mom & pop websites just to give OP an idea of what kind of market you are suggesting that he should target?
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I'd love to be able to order my 500riel kilo of hygienic ice online.
And if you could automate the free beer ringpull return you are onto a winner.
And if you could automate the free beer ringpull return you are onto a winner.
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I don't give you five, though have a look at this:
http://teachersincambodia.com/metu
And
http://teachersincambodia.com
They do "share" a website and building, though are different organizations.
[And yes, I know the website gives an error]
All those small businesses who desperately need some tech, functional and art improvement of their Internet presence.
Added: And, it's not only the pure-tech/art side of the ship, also just it's definition, etc, though that should be part of the deal for a western origin website designer.
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Thanks for the information. RR: great extra info on getting contacts.
Thanks for the information. RR: great extra info on getting contacts.
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Wordpress is antiquated and slow, a lot of the freelance work I was doing even 4 years ago was moving WordPress sites to static site generators for speed and to avoid the shitshow which is Wordpress security.
I'm now mainly in cybersecurity with quite a few side hussles. If i were to learn an language in a year it would be Javascript well, that way you have a backend (nodejs) and you have the frontend frameworks (React/angular/vue) and also some mobile app development (react native.)
The trick is work fro companies in your own country don't work for Cambodian companies (They pay less than teachers)
What you will find is lots of people will be planning to do the same, expect a lot of third-world 'nomad' countries to start cracking down and taxing freelances as it will be seen as a cash cow.
I'm now mainly in cybersecurity with quite a few side hussles. If i were to learn an language in a year it would be Javascript well, that way you have a backend (nodejs) and you have the frontend frameworks (React/angular/vue) and also some mobile app development (react native.)
The trick is work fro companies in your own country don't work for Cambodian companies (They pay less than teachers)
What you will find is lots of people will be planning to do the same, expect a lot of third-world 'nomad' countries to start cracking down and taxing freelances as it will be seen as a cash cow.
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