I hope your channel surpasses Simple Programmer. Your content is a lot less of an ad and has more useful content.

One day I was bored ... im a student in computer science ... then I searched for dev. vlog ... found a jewel : your channel ! Keep up the good work !

Amazing Content. Thorough upload as usual. Absolute treat to watch. Thank you for sharing with such details and stories.

Good talk. I haven't heard this level of detail before.

Hi Stefan, thanks for your sharing your knowledge; I really enjoyed this video.

I like what you said about not putting unnecessary stress on yourself. Having that freedom is key for me.

I stumbled on your videos a week ago and have benefited so much! You know what you are talking about. You give logical and realistic advice that a lot of the other people I've seen have always lacked..probably because of lack of experience. Thanks!! Cheers from Ottawa! :)

The most beneficial thing that I have seen someone say on KZfaq which I can tell you guys from about 20 years of experience myself is to listen to the Scope/Feature Creep story from 4:53 - 9:00 or so. Pay close attention to what Stefan is saying here and apply it. Otherwise, you will have loads of headaches, missed deadlines, angry clients, and sleepless nights working for an ever changing goal that while an app seemed quite realistic it has now changed into a project from Hell... Be very wary when client's start to ask for changes in the middle of development (or really, after you secure a contract [you've secured a contract with your employer/client right]). That is all, golden advice from a sage man in this video.

Great points. I'm a 3D freelance artist and the same applies to what I do. Thanks for sharing.

love the humility of this guy

Most in depth, meaningful content of any coding channel on the tube! From Liverpool UK

I have a similar experience, I too enjoy the freedom, BUT I know a lot of people who want the same thing but don't realize this job demands a lot of skills and time. The communication one is key, because I've been a developer for 11 years and still have clients that expect unrealistic things and that's my fault (bug fixes, server errors, feature creep, that last 10% of time you talked about.) - still hard and still needs constant adaptation

Thank you, Stefan!

As I start my journey towards becoming a web developer that will get into into becoming a freelance web developer in the future this was much needed guidance. Thanks!

hey Stefan, just wanted to say thanks for the videos man, i recently discovered the channel and its like having the father i never had lol, i got my first developer job like a week ago, but after i gain more experience with clients and agile, and technologies i want to work as freelancer

Awesome freelancer insights. And, I love your great point on UX/UI designs standing the test of time. Sometimes UI hits upon something almost timeless, so one doesn't necessarily need to completely overhaul sites and applications every 5 years to remain top-notch professional. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing. Great value

As a developer priming himself to dive into freelance work, I really appreciate you putting up this video. I learned a lot. Thanks a ton.

Extremely useful practical perspective and tips which I haven’t seen elsewhere on YT. Thank you 🙏🏽

Thanks for all your videos, Stefan. They motivate me! Stay cool in the heatwave!

A video on pricing would be great!

Thank you for this! It's helped cement my career path choice for the next year. No more working for "The Man" :)

You're like the peaceful version of Dr. Otto Octavius 🙃

EJB 3.1 and 3.2 are cool, most times common Framework is Spring based project, personally i dont like Spring. I would be happy to learn more freelancer story , especially how you dealt with hard customers and government regulations.

Great Vlog

Very useful , thanks!

Outremont, top 2-3 neighbourhoods in montreal. Went to school there! Great place

I'm currently studying cse - really interesting to hear from an experienced developer's point of view. Have you ever considered doing a podcast?

Currently studying Software Engineering, this is good stuff man, keep it up, very useful! What camera and lens are you using by the way, awesome quality!

Thank you Stefan for doing this. It is really useful and interesting listening to your experience and advises. I live pretty similar lifestyle in Germany and going freelance was one of the best decisions I have made. Take care.

Windows vs Mac was a great example of the quality of UI/UX work over time for similar product. Fortunately Microsoft finally ended up making a lot of good design decisions in current iteration of Windows. Yay for Windows 10! Anyways - thanks for the video!

Very nice video! How do I get started freelancing as a new dev ( no experience)? Thanks

This was incredibly useful! I have so many freelance-related questions. Are you currently working as a freelancer?

After starting your course recently I’ve learnt loads compared to other courses teaching coding, I plan to start off doing freelancing once I know enough to do it

Stef it think you need to make a video about your career and freelancing. Please make it your next video. Talk about how you never worked for anyone at any stage. I want to know how you learnt everything, all the programming languages, the web development all by yourself. It will help many people on their route to freelancing

Basic but worth to be mentioned to new people coming into it.

Looks like Dr.Octavius voice is like Al Pacino and thanks for the video!

Yes, you reminded me that I have city envy and apartment envy. I've always loved Montreal, my favorite city.

What about using agile development practices to better manage change during the project?

what are the best freelance websites to get started on? And, how to compete with everyone else?

As a freelance developer, how would one do the design work? Would one work with a designer? Im a developer but my design skills are not as good.

You talk about yourself as being an entrepreneur first, a coder second, in one video (Might be wrong). What was the starting point of your import-export bizz, and how did that get its legs? i would like to hear more about how that venture came about, what makes you tick?

Could you do a talk on individuals wanting to work from home. I have been sick for five years and living with my parents, but trying to learn programming to get my life back. Could you include information like which kind of fields (website design, database, Android apps, Ubuntu contributor?, Etc) are most likely, which coding language(s) would be best (I'm thinking Java or PHP with JavaScript or HTML?), if it is even realistic to establish yourself by just an online presence, et cetera. Thanks from Texas!

My constant anxiety of being freelancer is non-technical clients being frustrated with unpredictable nature of technical difficulties. When I had job working under technical management, they understood and budgeted for resolution of technological limitations. And when they made wrong decision about some framework choice (React being too slow for medical imaging purposes) and had to throw away year worth of work (it was one of many parallel projects), no one is blamed, its just part of the process. Now, having transitioned to freelance I face similar issue. ExtJS changed their license and laid off their employees making further investment into their stack economically infeasible for me. That means I have to rush learn something new, take extra time porting work done so far, reinvent wheals, and dealing with uncertainty of alternatives causing productivity drop some moths later again. As someone focused mainly on backend, making front-end choices is very stressful. But how to do this without testing client's patience??

Camera Quality is Superb 👌

Does your Python course allow you, or rather....show you, how to build a portfolio of apps to showcase? Does StudioWeb offer a certificate of completion to add to GitHub?

I'm currently at university but owning my own business/freelancing is my dream. Do you think it's possible to pursue this when i graduate or should I get a job first? Failure us fine with me as long as I try as hard as I can, I'm mostly concerned with if it's anywhere near possible.

god bless you

Hi stef. I started watching ur channel a while ago. And I have a few question that hopefully u may answer me from ur point of view. But first for better understanding of the matter. If anyone else can lend me some help on this matter i will be really thankfull. I am ending my technical high school in may and I think I am far from knowing anything of the programing world. I started coding in winter 2015, but my first codes were merely a bunch of copies from other codes. Done by copy, try, repair method. Without paying attention to performance or anything. Codes which were really mostly mine came up in summer 2016 or even later. In meantime i was managing a mid-size game-site for cs:go. There i learn all sort of things, really. DNS, SQL, afore mentioned Pawn, Making 3d maps in source development kits and more. But i still feel like i know nothing. Compared to my classmates i am ahead of them in programming aspects, but i still feel uneducated. In Poland technical High schools all languages u learn is SQL, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, but in really basic form. For example most of my class mates realized about browser consoles in this year. And making a simple gallery in java, or calculator are homework for one week, while i did it on lesson in 20 minutes. And here we have a local market, which have like 200 offerts in my 50km range for programist. What do they require? - An english language on minimum B2 level -Java / C# ASP.NET + MSSQL / PHP + LARAVAL -And in most cases an experience with teamworking, git and maybe 2 years work in specified language + demo of ur project based on this language. And i don't have even a tiny bit experience or any project to present in those languages, maybe in PHP, but no experience with laraval. So here are my questions: - Should I try to get an internship in a company before actually starting a job? - Should I even mention working on my game site and what i learn there, or will they treat me like a child? (it happened before) - Should I present my programing work in game specific pawn language while searching for job? - If so it is worth taking my time to organise mess in my codes and document them(Which i already started and did for some of them), so i can handle them a good portfolio? - Is basic knowledge of Sony Vegas based on making gameplay movies/guides and so on an asset worth mentioning? - Should i try learning python, mainly basics and usage, even if there isn't much job for it ( 5-10% of offers, and mainly for pros), or will it only get in my way? Anyway i think I've exhausted the topic and I won't be taking more of ur time, cause I know how valuable time is. I will be waiting for ur reply.

Currently messing around with swift 4

Manage clients? 15 years of freelancing and it's all to hard to find any clients.

17:45 did he say shooter?if yes, did he mean shooter like a shooter game?

What is the developer job market like in montreal? I'm looking to moving to montreal within a few (1-3) years.

Any advice on getting some freelance PHP gigs as a college student?

I was wondering where you lived. Go bruins.

If you had to leave Quebec for another country where would you want to live, just curious.

"Freelancer Developer" - is it correct sentence? I suggest "Freelance Developer" sounds better.

omg i was having anxiety when you were out on your balcony

Didn't know Vitali Klitschko was a programmer!

The problem is that companies value work experience in companies than freelance experience

Yeah. The client might not see all the little details of the finish of the project. Nobody likes conflicts.

can't hear you.

Here in My Backyard (Tai Lopez Joke)

This is why I like you stef. No homo.

Say hello to Saint Andre for me.

6:41

Look at this dude's face, it's wasted talent, he would've made a nice actor

Stef why do you show people where you live? It's not safe man.