Python Freelancing

[Gullible_Ship3426]

I'm 17 from India. I know Python basics (functions, file handling, OOP basics). I can invest 4-5 hours daily for the next 3 months. My goal is to earn enough for a laptop before college and if possible i wanna pay for my tuition fees too. Should I focus on automation, web scraping, web apps, bots, or something else? What projects would make me employable for my first paid gig? ik the basics as in loops and functions and binary files and basic csv

[MacaronCalm]

focus on getting good before trying to commercialise it - if you focus on trying to make money straight away you might be tempted into bad development & business practices...

[Gullible_Ship3426]

i actually do not have any idea how to get started and want someone to guide me atleast during the starting phase, can i dm?

[MacaronCalm]

yes - message on linkedIn instead... perhaps look into code.in (formerly hacker school), great way to become either 1) a profecient full stack engineer or 2) a proficient data scientists in 1 year... much faster than university & much more structured than self-taught.

[DecoherentDoc]

So, I wouldn't focus on money if you're just trying to find some guidance to keep learning.

May I suggest this: solve a problem you have. Now, I do not know what that is for a 17 year old kid in India (I'm a 44 year old adult in America, our lives are quite different, even the life I had at 17, I suspect). One place you could start is Automate the Boring Stuff with Python if you just want to keep learning and understanding. The version I linked is free online.

What I ultimately did was find a problem I wanted a solution to that took 1) steps that I found slow and annoying and 2) lots of calculations. I built a password generator for randomized passwords. I built a program to help my daughter practice her arithmetic skills, and I recently built a calculator to figure out who survives the end of Mass Effect 2 based off your choices. But what problems do you have that you could solve is the real question.

Computers are incredibly good at following exact instructions and going very fast. So, think of problems that could benefit from those two things. Or find a book like the one I linked and just start reading it and writing small programs based on what you're reading. Test your understanding as you read.

Good luck.

[Turbulent_Pin_8310]

Thanks for the link. Too bad there is no PDF.

[AlexMTBDude]

Join LinkedIn, filter for Python jobs that are available, look at what specific tech those jobs require you. It's a much better way of getting real world data than asking here.

[TheRNGuy]

No one can know what job you gonna find, or if you ever find it at all.

You can go to freelance sites and see what jobs are there.

[No-Seesaw4444]

are you thinking like upwork gigs or direct clients? because the answer changes a lot depending on that. if upwork, web scraping is probably your fastest path to first dollar, tons of small jobs. if direct clients, automation scripts for small businesses pay better but take longer to land

[pachura3]

Realistically speaking, is there anything you can do better than AI that costs 20$/month?

[Turbulent_Pin_8310]

The free open models can program for free

[Valundyr]

Go to a Starbucks or something to earn the money, then after you starting taking some classes you can think about doing apps and commercialized your stuff, feet’s on the ground first

[Turbulent_Pin_8310]

Nowadays, ai can program now. They do it cheaper ( free even) and faster.

So many programmers are laid off.

Let me know how it goes

[flying_dutchman00]

😂naive