7 Ways To Earn As A Programmer 2020
Hi, coder, today we are going to discuss the way to earn as a programmer.
As a programmer there are a tone of ways to earn money. You just need to be dedicated and ready to put your hard work there.
Some of the ways are the active income sources and some are the passive income sources.
Declaration: this post is purely my own perspective toward programmer’s earning sources.
Also Read: 10 Best laptops for programming under budget 2020.
Let’s dive into it,
Programming Jobs
Yes, jobs,
As a programmer, there are really good paying jobs available. You can find the programming jobs online at following
LinkedIn, monster, Naukri.com, shine.com, indeed.com etc.
Programming jobs are pretty much interesting and high paid as compare to other jobs. Even you can earn for your learning also while job. Most of the time you have to work on the new things which you don’t know yet. So, you learn and apply. This way not only you learn new things but you got paid for that also.
Pros: With the programming job you will have definitely have work every month and fix salary. So, you don’t need to afraid about the enough work and payouts.
Cons: But here you don’t have enough freedom to work and timing. Like you have to finish the job whether you like it or not. You have to work in the fix time boundaries. You have to present in the work location.
Competitive programming
Ok, let’s talk about competitive programming. If you are a programming student, have basic knowledge or have enough knowledge and programming job, you can start competitive programming at any stage.
Competitive programming has different stage of programming challenges, so you can start from any stage and can solve any type of problem. In return you can earn decent amount of money. Even big companies also recruit their employees from competitive programming competitions.
With competitive programming you can take your programming knowledge to the next level.
Codechef.com, topcoder.com, coderbyte.com, projecteuler.net, hackerrank.com, codewars.com, leetcode.com, spoj.com, codingame.com
Pros: By doing competitive programming you will have chance to earn enough money and get job in the big companies.
Cons: It takes time to learn and solve programming problems. You must have enough patience to stick with daily learning and practicing programming. It also takes time to get notice by companies. You must get decent score in competitive programming.
Selling courses
Selling courses is actually a passive way to earn but remember all passive ways could not fully passive.
If you have enough experience and knowledge about programming then you can create your own programming courses and sell them to earn good amount of money. Even if you are good at basic programming then you can start from basic courses.
As we all know teaching tech us more than only learning.
Udemy, skillshare, Lynda, teachable etc. even you can create your own website to teach and earn enough money.
Pros: You can learn, teach and learn more. Time freedom, no limit of earning, passive income means no need to be active all the time. No work location issue. No stress, no pressure.
Cons: You have to give enough time and research to build a sellable course. It’s not that much easy task. You must have the teachable skill so that others can understand and relate to your knowledge. If you want to sell your course via your own website you must have marketing skills. There is a lot of competition already, you must have some uniqueness to stand out there.
Selling products
Like selling courses, selling products is one of the best ways to earn as a programmer. You can create your own products like themes, plugins, whole websites, apps etc. and sell them directly to clients.
This is also a passive income source. You don’t need to active with your product all the time. You can sell your products at following market places.
Envato, codecanyon, mojomarketplace, codegrape, themepalace etc.
Pros: Selling products can help you to create your best passive income source. You can earn without any limit. There will be no time boundaries. You will be your own boss.
Cons: Cost of the product can decrease as new technology version comes in the market. You have to consistently update your product to earn good amount of money. Product building and marketing takes enough time and patience.
Freelancing
Freelancing is same as programming jobs but with some extra features. It removes time boundaries, earning limits and you will not be forced to do what you don’t like. You can choose projects which you found interesting and related to your current skills.
It is also an active income source, so you can earn as much as you can stay active with your clients and services. Even you can hire a team to work for you. There are lot of fresh IT graduates comes every year to start their career and also you will easily find the well experienced developers who want a secure job. So, you just need to need to provide them job security and they will be reliable to you.
By doing freelancing or starting your own IT company, small or big doesn’t matter, you can earn more than enough money.
There are plenty websites available where you can find freelance projects.
Upwork, peopleperhour, fiverr, freelancer, codementor, guru, hubstaff talent etc.
Pros: There are lot of ways to earn with freelancing, you can hire someone else to work for you or you can work yourself. You can earn as much as you can work and handle jobs. You can charge for consulting, developing and for maintenance jobs also.
Cons: Again, this is an active income source and even need more time and consideration than a regular job. Because here you have to handle your clients, manage your team and you will be more responsible toward the business. For your freedom you might need to sacrifice your work and clients.
YouTube and blogs
Let’s talk about blogging and YouTubing as a programmer. By doing blogging you can market yourself as a programmer and express your expertise through your informative articles.
You can setup your personal brand via YouTube. Because YouTube allow us to interact with peoples directly who are interested in programming.
It will help you to sell your products, courses, even you can get enough freelance project from there.
As we all know there are a lot of other ways to earn through blogging and YouTubing like
adsense, affiliate, sponsors, banner ads etc.
Pros: You can earn decent amount of money here. You can eliminate your time boundaries. Complete freedom of the job. Build your personal brand. Sell your products from your blog or YouTube channels can eliminate commission of other selling platforms.
Cons: Again, it takes time. If you have enough patience and side income source then you can start this. Because it needs enough time and hard work. Initially you have to serve free content and free services. You can’t start full time blogging and YouTubing if you need money and you don’t have other income sources.
Teaching online
Teaching online is similar to selling courses but little bit different. Here you can teach direct to the students and you can charge them hourly.
This is an active income source and you can earn as much as you can teach. Even you can start teaching the basics of programming if you don’t have expertise in it. It can also provide more income than a regular job. You will have complete time freedom because you will work hourly here. There will be no location issue because you will teach online.
Edutopia, codementor, teacheron, upwork etc.
Pros: You can earn more than your regular job. You can get enough time whenever you need. Also can raise your hourly rate as you got good rating. You can start from basics means you can earn while you just learning.
Cons: You will have to maintain your rating there because every new student will look at first your rating than contact with you. You can earn as long as you can teach means purely active income source.
Every student has their own understanding level and you have to deal with them. That means you must have that kind of patience and skill to teach.
Summary
At last, again this is my individual perspective and you can have different point of view for the above list of income sources for the programmer.
But in short, I just want to say that as a programmer we have a lot of ways to earn a good amount of money. We just need some patience, hard work and passion for programming.
