[jstewartmobile]

Web development tech is like singing. Everyone can do it. Few can do it well. When you do it well, it sells itself.

Think of something cool to do, do it to the best of your ability, keep improving it, and before you know it they will come to you.

You should never run out of things to improve. If you think you have something that is "perfect," it means you either need better feedback or you need to read more or both, because there is always room for improvement. That last 10% is what makes people stand out.

[flukus]

> Web development tech is like singing. Everyone can do it. Few can do it well. When you do it well, it sells itself.

I don't know where your working but I run across plenty of people that can't do it well that still manage to be employed.

[jstewartmobile]

If you do it well, you don't have to be an employee.

Of course corporateland is an entirely different game. If that's the game he wants to play, why even waste time with something practical? Getting an MBA, having meetings all day, and looking out for #1 would be a much straighter path to the goal.

[flukus]

> If you do it well, you don't have to be an employee.

Well, you have to do a bunch of things well, most of which are unrelated to programming.