Dec 7, 2021
UI journey of .NET tutor — 12 — JavaScript P5.JS making me big bucks
It was in January, that I began this journey. The journey to fix my lack of skills in JavaScript. At that time, my goal was to complement my .NET skills because, well, there is this massive push for every developer to be a ‘full stack’ developer.
Now, 11 months later, I am still continuing this journey. Something different has happened.
This is a sequel to my previous post.
My plan was to finish learning JavaScript. Not become an expert but fill all the gaps with the basic knowledge. I did that, back in October. Once I finished JavaScript, my plan was to start working on one of the 10 billion frameworks that are built on top of JavaScript.
My personal choice was React JS.
Then, I got distracted. In a good way.
P5.JS and Vanilla JavaScript and Tutoring
This year, I took the long and hard (that’s what she said) decision to stop offering myself as a developer. The last 18 months of the pandemic has drained all josh out of my life. I have lost my company, wife left me, took the kids with her, lost my apartment, lost money and even lost people to death and I got deep into debt.
So, yeah, I went into a deep depression and am putting back my life together. Things are, slowly, very slowly, touchwood, god’s blessings, improving. My debt is reducing slowly, and I recently moved back into a small apartment.
That meant, I could no longer take up the high intense, coding, developer projects that I have been doing since 2012. I decided to go full time into coding tutor line of work. As a coding tutor, I make slightly less money but I am able to teach just fine, despite the depression and personal loss.
So, how does all this connect to P5.JS and JavaScript?
Well, the moment I got the certificate of JavaScript, I updated my profile on both UpWork and Fiverr that I am now equipped with the neccessary javaScript skills. Almost immediately I started getting contracts for tutoring in JavaScript. I was really surprised.
And, perhaps, equally surprising, I started getting a lot of enquiries (and some work), related to JavaScript + P5.JS too.
Final Note
Most people in India, usually, earn their living via a salaried job.
My situation in India, is sort of unique. Since 2012, I have been working as a full time, remote IT guy who works freelance full time. Everybody thought I would fail miserably, and I would be on the streets eventually. Yet, somehow, by some miracle, I am making a decent living, for over 9 years now. I work a cushy 20 to 30 hours per week and sleep more than 10 hours every day.
God’s blessings, it’s a good life.
I think, the reason is, my obsessive need to learn new things on a regular basis. I am glad that i learnt JavaScript, officially, this year. I am also glad I learnt P5.JS last year. Thank you to the gods of software and computers that I am able to earn from all these technologies.
A Sequel to this post is now available.
I work as a full time freelance coding tutor. Hire me at UpWork or Fiverr or Stack Overflow. My personal website is here. Find more of my art at Behance and Unsplash.
