Anybody want to start a coding club on discord??

My son got into coding and is making over six figures at 23. Good luck on your venture. Worrying about money is a stress no one needs.

Wishing you all the best on the is next adventure Matt. You're brilliant, so no doubt in my mind you will find success in this new chapter. May I ask one thing? Please document your coding journey and share it with us.. I know it would inspire many who are interested but don't know where to start. I'd love to see what you create, interesting projects you try to figure out, any silly app ideas and more importantly, your genuine experience growing in the field. There is something special about watching ones journey to the top! Cheers man!

Hey Matthew! Thanks for the video.! I wish I knew how to code. But yeah, hope for the best on your new journey :)

Man I feel you. I live on the other side of the world in Cape Town and it's the same! Budgets for marketing and media are always being cut. It's tough out here.

The opposite is happening to me. I started with coding, and now I'm interested in making videos. I think the area you live matters. Would've made a lot more money if I had done videos for the last 10 years than coding

Happy to see you excited about a new career! Although i would disagree that video is low demand, it's quite the opposite. In fact i have gone from charging $400-$1,000 for singular videos to now charging $2k-$5k/month for making 'low quality' short form content. Which is interesting as the demand is higher but effort is lower. But I understand it's not for everybody as I know people like to exercise their high-effort high production work - which in fact has decreased in demand. I do come from a fortunate background where i've built an audience but I can speak for some of my creator friends in the same boat. That being said, i'm so excited to see what you do with your new endeavour!

This is such a fantastic video. This should be essential viewing for all film creatives on you tube and all school kids. This is the future of everything.

I feel you man! Congrats on exploring Coding sounds like you’re loving it! Maybe you could make some tutorials on it or a course on coding basics on Skillshare or something! Best of luck with everything!

First off, I want to say, I am really digging that white dead cat (and the grey living cat)! Good luck on the code front.

Good luck and hope you earn a lot and are happy doing it!

Congrats dude!! Big step 💪

Dude!! I literally did a full stack bootcamp 9 months ago, loved it. I knew I had to keep going with react if I wanted to find a job as a developer. Once I was done with my bootcamp, for the first time ever I had like 5 events to do “ as a videographer/photographer “ and I dedicated my whole life for the next 6 months to that, it was fun, but I haven’t been able to find anything good again since, and now I just regret no sticking to coding … but this video made me want to go back at it. Let’s do the discord club

cheering you on! You've always been good at coding. I was pretty impressed by that game you coded in swift that one time. Keep up the good work!

Love a lot of the points you mentioned. Especially the struggle of trying to get gigs with companies that don''t want to pay you and instead find someone to do it for free. I've been freelancing in an industry lately that's filled with organizations that do not want to spend the money on high quality content, but it's filled with photographers and videographers willing to work for free. It makes finding jobs there very difficult. Thankfully, I worked full-time as an in-house video producer/videographer for a large institution. Which I prefer over the full-time freelance route, even though I don't have all of the freedom. Would to see videos about your coding experience and where is a good place to start. Always love learning new skills.

Hey Matthew, I discovered you from Mattih's channel. I am a programmer for 11 years now, and my hobby/passion is photography and video editing! LOL. More power to you man!

I am the reverse! I went from network analyst to all out software development... and now I use video to escape once in a while.

I'm rounding 40 this year, i landed in a good, boring, stable, gov video job a couple years ago. I am hanging here for a bit but I'm coming to the crossroads as well. Good luck to you in your future, I think you'll do well.

I hope your change is a success, good luck!

Good luck in the coding world and keep up the creative thinking. Coding jobs can kill that quick. Coming from 9 years as a system developer, my experience is that it's better to own your project than to work for someone else. You don't have to own it on your own, a nice team who build each other up is the best. 😊

this was super interesting and insightful! I can totally relate, as I did the same thing - studied computer science, didn't like it and didn't really understand it at the time - dropped that for some other major. I ended up not even working much in the degree I studied haha. I then went down the film/editing path at the start of the pandemic, love it and still do! But I want to expand upon my skillsets outside of my field, and I think returning to code might be fun, especially now that you mentioned the small projects involved - like making your own invoice! Also, with the available AI tools to make the process more easier to digest and learn, I think I can give coding another shot anyways, thanks for this video and perspective Matthew, really happy to have come across it!

I live in Michigan and it’s not quite as bleak as this. The high-end work is there, but marketing yourself as a producer, strategist, or brand story marketer is a BIG help here. As with a lot of things, it depends how you sell yourself and show the results you generate.

It's incredible dude. I made the same thoughts recently. I'm leaving videomaking for coding. I've been into coding for 1 month now. I know it'll be tough but I know I can make it. Good luck Matt!

Dude this is a take I NEVER see on KZfaq-thanks for the perspective! (I'm a professional web developer who's been dabbling in video for passion projects and hobbyist skills)

Wish you all the best. You got this!

I'm happy for you. Still hope to see some passion stuff since I really appreciate your eye and creativity.

I am thinking of quitting videography as well! I guess the physical tiredness of carrying equipments, running around with the camera and editing can take a toll on our bodies. Good luck to your next venture!

Coding is something I've been wanting to learn but I'm not great at sitting around and just straight working through it all. I have to have some sort of physical activity but maybe I can do that with my breaks. I've downloaded books to read but have yet to sit down and actually read. Also, I feel like I need a problem that I need solved by coding and I can't seem to narrow the field to do what I want to do.

Dude, I've been having these same feelings. I specifically do wedding filmmaking and, while the money can be good, the editing is just so tedious most times. In the long term I don't want to do that. I've been interested in coding and software development for a little while now. Thanks for this video! It has encouraged me to take advantage of all the free resources and start learning.

Cheap video is good enough. You said it. That's the point. I'm so sad about this whole corporate shit...

Love your honesty, been thinking the same... Video work is hard to scale and not as portable... love the idea of learning to code and working in coffee shop with headphones on. be cool to see you make videos about coding... there could also be some over lap, like using After Effects and Lottie to do animations for web sites. Think there's a good niche on youtube for teaching coding to creatives.

Good luck with the hustle. I went the other way, quit my job as a coder to be a creator full time. Was tired of sitting in front of a computer for 16hr days.

Great Video and totally understandable. Wish you all the best👍🏻

Best of luck to you Matt. I'm kind of in the similar but opposite problem. I've been coding for the past decade and am actually contemplating leaving that industry entirely as it no longer fun or enjoyable for me and am actually trying to use FPV and Content Creation to see if I can make a living with.

Milk bags, a very Canadian reference, LOL. Good luck in the career change!

I had to take a bunch of different programming courses in college as I was a game design major, though I was more focused on sound design and composition. Cut to me many MANY years later having not coded a thing and also having changed career paths because it is incredibly difficult to get a job in the games industry. I just started getting back into Python for work. It's been a fun journey relearning that.

Nice vidoe 👊 Please make a more detailed video about your roadmap to learning code. 🙏 I'm medical student and recently started learning code with same mindset as you about scaling potential in coding.

That’s a 360 brotha! I also had to regroup and with experience landed a tech job

good luck mate

I moved back to Canada after 13 years away. I would have tried to learn coding if I had a space to focus. Decided to become an electrician instead. I also edit and shoot videos but nothing major so my barrier to entry was high. Change is always good.

I've been editing for the last 7-8 years, I also shoot but most of the time I do feel the same so now I've started teaching video. I am hoping to get a job in some school in the near future as well. But I don't think I can ever change anything in what I do like I can not switch to anything else. I'm just hoping that I get famous for making tutorial videos and after sometime I'll probably start selling courses online.

Interesting! Thanks for sharing it ✌️

I've been making roughly the same transition over the past couple of years and couldn't be happier 😎. Now what to do with all the film gear in my garage collecting dust... 😅

Life it Canada is getting tuff. Price of living is through the roof. I would love one day to be able to be full time content creator but I’ve been having trouble catching my footing. With three jobs it’s easy to get discouraged cause I’m tired. Very cool to see that there are always other options

Sounds like your skills and personality will thrive in Coding. I personally love video work, but adding quality portraits and drone work made a HUGE difference for my leads. The game has definitely changed to where if you were a one stop shop, you can definitely crank out more Contant and make some pretty good money. Now, obviously, there are other jobs. Where are you can make money more consistently without needing to have a very specific personality and work drive. Starting a KZfaq channel and being consistent with it is something I always have wanted to do. I often find that being an expert in the photo video world doesn’t really mean anything on KZfaq if you were no name. I think finding a niche that you love and that people care about is the hardest part about KZfaq.

Nice one, Matthew! Good to know you’re not quitting KZfaq as I’ve been watching your channel from the beginning and I really enjoy your videos. By the way, I tried to start a couple of KZfaq channels for fun (including this one) and I used some of your advices 😃 Learning to code (especially that now you feel so passionate and optimistic about programming) is probably one of the best decisions you’ve ever made in your life, trust me! Back in the days I was in a music business and I was a pretty successful music producer with a lot of contacts, but I felt the same as you felt with video editing. So, I changed my career. I’ve been working as a backend developer for around 8 years already. Now I understand that there’s no big difference between producing a good track, making a nice cinematic video or writing a neat code. And, yes, I agree with you that there are endless opportunities if you know how to do your job and think wide. Good luck! 👍

My biggest video client is a web developer. I add value to the digital marketing, website, all around footprint of a company.

How often do you lose that ring dude?! Ha I randomly spotted it and now I can't stop watching it... But good luck on the journey! Also try Davinci Resolve?! I've literally just made the switch from full time secure job man to self employed, free lancer dude! Looking forward to get stuck in :) Look forward to seeing more vids. Take it easy!

I have been editing for over 12 years. I have the same feelings about this. I think reality hits after you start to think about your future. You are waking up. We need to differentiate between passion and making money. You need to make more videos like this instead of tips and tricks for adobe premiere.

Amazing information

"Cheap video is good enough."... this is sooo true in today's scenario.

That was a little depressing (for people who want to do video). Love the honesty though, kudos to you for finding your passion. REACT is huge, that’s what my developers code in.

I never got into paid video work, but make a lot of my own videos for YT/IG/TikTok which has been my focus for a few years now. That said, I've done programming for a long time and paid professional level work in it. Took a long break because it has its own types of stresses involved, but I'm trying to get back in for similar financial reasons and topics like recent AI hype that's super interesting. Right now I'm trying to fix up old coding projects to release them as GPL open source so I've got a public portfolio of sorts. So far I've found making money direct with software isn't easy but I don't know current tools and maybe didn't have the type of ideas that connected with people that would pay. My last attempts were Android apps I eventually moved from paid to advertising supported, so I've probably made a few dollars on them here and there over the years.

HI Matt, good to hear from you and welcome to coding, I guess :)

I agree to a certain degree, the video editor/production market is saturated but only those that have the most skills will still be winning in this market. Keep learning and keep growing or else you fall out just like Eastman Kodak did with his photo business.

Hey Mat, I totally understand where you're coming from. I've been doing video for about 5 years and I've noticed exactly what you're talking about, especially the quality thing. Good enough is unfortunately becoming the norm and it's getting cheaper. You need to do what's best for you and I think you're making the right choice. I've been doing something similar but focusing on the design aspect. I'm trying to get my degree and break into UX. I'll probably learn some HTML and CSS though, can't hurt. I wish you the best dude!

Oof. Watching this when I'm home because I'm right on the cusp of doing this after 9 years too.

It’s ironic, because I have gotten approached about taking clients on for video projects and I refuse every time. I see how much people want the highest quality of anything but want it for the cheap, and it’s a can of worms never worth opening. I love video when making it for myself via KZfaq/socials but it stops there for SURE. Unless some company comes out the blue and offers an insane check lol 😅 but not likely to happen

02:34 - Bro, I feel that! Even after switching to an editing PC, then Davinci Resolve, I still have a hard time getting footage to play back smoothly (I shoot 10-bit on all my cameras, so yeah).

Yeah, you right, in coding industry you can earn a lot of many in a short span of time. But the same is any other industry. I think is not about particular occupation but about a mix of some components like skills, personal traits, luck, connections, etc. Thera are high paid programmers as well as ones struggle with existence 🙂 Personally, some time ago I've tried to transition to coding but it was killing me: I've found coding very boring, sometimes time consuming and you can spend your entire day just to find one small error like coma or dot 😅 But the other hand video give me freedom and creative satisfaction even if it is still very hard for me. Probably I'll stick with videography for a while but I'm not sure if for entire life 🙂 Take care and I wish you all good and luck 🤞

Feel bad for you, but also happy for you. You got this!!

Hey Matt, so what coding language do you recommend starting with? I hear everywhere that Python should be the starting point.

This is the exact same issue present in the freelance recording and music production industry too.

does that mean you will also do coding videos? cause that would be cool :D like little tutorials for beginners and etc. I dig that!

Man I FEEL this. What courses/resources did you use to learn to code?

Don't change your focus ⭐

🤔 very interesting! I've been doing video editing in and out for the last 2 years but I've been thinking about diving into coding for the last 4 years. I like the creativity of video editing but I hate the instability of feelancing. the thing about coding is that I am afraid it takes too long to learn - although I coded for some months 20 years ago (1-year course in visual basic, does it count?). I was also not sure what language to choose. So you recommend python? thanks for sharing your opinion, maybe I'll give it a try. I definitely need a change!

Love the video! Been meaning to get into code! What tools or sites did you use to learn?

How did you start to learn coding? Bootcamp? Online course?

Time to learn coding. (which was actually my plan in the next year or two) but instead of going to college, there's a ton of info on the internet that can help me out. Maybe that's the way I go.

Between my 12 years old and 18, all I wanted to do was video. I eventually went to a Computer Science degree because I I didn't want to go to a Digital Arts degree, especially because where I live they were expensive, and I spent all my high school learning maths and physics. I hated programming in the first 1/2 years. But when it clicked me, I really started to be obsessed with it. Until today, I'm now 29 :) Programming was supposed to be the safe bet, and the plan B. But I actually now I only see video as an hobby.

Curious how this is going! Are you finding work with coding?

I feel like I'm lost tbh since it's so hard to find clients nowadays specially where I am from

Coming from the old guy... Coding is nice but it had its own problems. The language is always changing. And if you are not current in your languages you're going to get phased out. But if you like doing it, Have at it!

It's funny I'm kind of the opposite. I've study computer engineering and now I'm working in tech as a developer but I would like to have more time and opportunities to do more creative stuff in video

As someone who came from code and transitioned to editing, this scares me, Did I make a mistake? :(

You may already recognize this, but you're at a great position! Having your VFX + videography background will easily integrate into your work! Enjoy!!!

I gotta be honest -- I feel like the thing you're missing here is good skills in strategy and marketing. With them -- you can find super lucrative paths within video -- and without them, even the apps you code won't get very far. There are also tons of low paying developer jobs -- as well as 300K+ SWE jobs. It's the exact same dilemma as in video. But I mean if you enjoy coding more go for it.

Ok i didn't learn coding cause felt tough at start can you let me know which language you learnt ?

Hows the pay difference been?

Wishing you the best with coding! What language are you focusing on?

Wow, a "I quit" video that the creator actually quit!

the great thing is that you can do passive income mixing up your video skills making tutorials or classes!

makes me wanna learn some coding

There are a TON of very skilled coders in the world (just look at India and Pakistan), who are willing to work for small money.

Are you not afraid that (sooner or later) AI can write code for everyone who needs it? ChatGPT can write code.

I like the video Matt, but I'm afraid it's too general. I've been doing video for 18 years, and I've been able to scale it where I have multiple people, running multiple projects and other than the initial investment in equipment, I'm just over seeing it and making passive income. If you're doing content creation, you're on point, but be cautious when you say "video," generally speaking. Good luck with your new career.

cya later

This is no different to any other industry - welcome to the real world 😅

Just try Davinci Resolve and gone are your Adobe frustrations! 😃

Bailey didn’t steal the WHOLE show, but he deserves co-star credits 😂. but seriously, i’m glad you’re moving onto more available (and likely more lucrative) employment. good luck, bro 👍🏾

What I like about you are so realistic … it’s true videographer and photographer become ridiculous source of income and again u r so right that coding is the best opportunity to create jobs and make money … Thanks man

Whyyyyyy

move to Thailand... $50k/year considered rich people.

Use resolve

Please don't stop making videos on KZfaq 🙅🏻‍♂️

code me a papa john's pizza ❤

i unsubed, doh!