How Experimenting Can Help You Become a Better Freelancer
In order to survive as a freelancer, you must always continue to improve yourself. If you fail to do that you can quickly and easily become one of those old IT guys we’re constantly making fun of – you know those that code in VB and believe tables are the latest and great thing from HTML.
I’ve talked about learning before by reading books and following blogs, but there’s an even better way to learn – by experimenting. As a front-end developer, my heart will always be with HTML and CSS, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try other things.
By forcing yourself to experiment with different kinds of design or development, you test yourself. You may end up learning something new to offer your clients, finding an area you like working in better, or even figuring out that you’re current position in the best one to be in.
Personally, I’ve been experimenting with languages. During the summer I learned Objective C for the iPhone, and now I’m taking a break to learn jQuery. While I enjoyed Objective C some, I’m finding that learning advanced jQuery is a lot more exciting and fun – and it’s something I’ve already started using for my clients and in making custom plugins.
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About the author
Amber Weinberg specializes in clean and semantic XHTML, CSS and WordPress development. She has over 10 years of coding experience and is pretty cool to work with. Amber is available for freelance work, so why not hire her for your next project?