This month on the insider we are excited to be chatting with our good friend Madison Kanna about her journey into a career as a front-end developer!
Coders, programmers, and web developers were some of the first people to carve out lives as digital nomads, and to this day there are a ton of great remote opportunities in the field.
If you’ve thought about learning a new skill to start a digital nomad journey, you’ll love this episode! Madison talks about learning to code using free resources and online tools and overviews of the opportunities that exist if you want to get started today!
In this episode we discuss:
- What was Madison’s career journey into web development like after dropping out of college?
- What are the main options/programming languages to consider for someone who is looking to move in this direction?
- How did Madison choose what programming language she wanted to focus on learning?
- What are the most valuable and accessible skills to start learning today in 2020?
- What was the journey like from starting to learn on your own, to getting your first paid opportunity?
- How do you start looking for your first paying opportunities?
- Why coding is a great skill and career to pursue if you want to be a digital nomad
- How long does it take to start to make money?
- Do you need to do a coding boot camp to learn to code?
- If you want to work freelance what are the best skillsets to focus on?
Resources:
- Free Code Camp (https://www.freecodecamp.org/)
- Lambda School (https://lambdaschool.com/)
- Madisonkanna.com
