Freemote

I am currently enrolled in this boot camp (Week 3) and really like it, don't get me wrong, its not for everyone. I am someone who has always wanted to create my own business and have never really cared much about getting a silicon valley FANG job so the things that Freemote offers are extremely valuable to me, these are:

- Resources such as app, recommended themes, testing pages and stuff the staff actually uses in real life for real projects
- Pricing, marketing and selling tactics for you to actually use in your daily workflow
- Programming tools such as version control(Git) and other resources that youll need
- Precedence in the form of past experiences you can use to navigate entrepreneurship
- Enough coding to get you started and some more

You can probably find all of this online but it would most likely be inefficient and will take you more time, this program is perfect if like me, your biggest hurdle is getting started due to a case of analysis paralysis. I also recognize that the program wont make me a full web developer (they dont claim to) and I will probably need to learn more languages such as Node and React in my own but if I can support myself while doing some Shopify development and improve in my understanding of good store development and customer behavior, once I have a full web-dev knowledge I will be a better developer. 

The teaching approach of any instructor goes a long way in grooming the success of his students down the line. The teachers and the entire team at Freemote perfectly exemplifies this. One crucial aspect of the Freemote coding bootcamp I love is how much the instructors and code mentors are involved in the success of the students. They are very swift with responses to coding problems faced by students and this for me is exactly what I wanted when I purchased the course. I will gladly give the Freemote team a 5 star rating. 

So my experience with Freemote has been amazing for a multiplicity of reasons and I'll start off with how I came into the course.

My first interaction with Freemote came from the advertisements I've been noticing on Youtube, I was searching in videos for coding and trying to find the resources to help me learn how to understand different coding languages (for a free course I was trying out) and that's primarily when I remember coming across advertisements from Freemote and Aaron Jack. A long story short, after several advertisements later I clicked on the link and listened to one of his Youtube videos and that is where my exact feelings about coding were explained in one video. My interest at that time skyrocketed because I felt that this course could possibly add some direction in my learning journey for coding. 

The next thing that happened in my timeline is that I booked a free call with one of Freemote's staff and had a live video call where I was able to ask any questions I had about the course, expectations, people in my similar position, etc. After that call I decided to sign up for the course because I literally had nothing to lose with their cash-back guarantee so I thought "Why not?". From that moment forth when I decided to join the Freemote group I knew that this was a decision I did not regret making because this course has all the necessary tools to help me succeed in my opinion. I say this because here I've been pushed to go on my own to try and do the coding work by myself and whether I get the code correct or not I feel I was able to get all the resources I needed beforehand for that particular assignment opposed to feeling like the material needed hasn't been taught sufficiently enough. The main idea I'm getting at is that this course helps me to feel proud of myself for working out a problem on my own and then looking at the proper solution to help reinforce/encourage me to continue to get better.

The best of all is that this course is super active and up-to-date with its lessons. Other resources I looked into before Freemote typically had outdated material and really didn't inspire me to reach out for help when I needed it. Here at Freemote I receive help from online mentors who send recorded videos critiquing my code and also offer advice on ways I can make my code better as well as answering any questions that I have about my code. This was absolutely mind-blowing to me because after just one of these videos I felt my learning skyrocketed and it only helped me realize how much I enjoyed doing this course day after day.

I've only been enrolled for a couple weeks now while still working a full-time job that demands 40+ hours a week but this course has been able to teach me so much of what I can be confident in doing in such a smaller time frame than what I thought possible and it continues to inspire me more each lesson. I know this course is a super valuable asset to me and I would definitely recommend this to anyone out there who wishes to get into coding but doesn't know where to start. This is a great place for you to begin or continue your coding journey!

I came across Aarons YouTube channel in the summer, after starting to teach myself HTML on code academy. Saw his video and I was intrigued. Found Freemote and I thought why not give it ago. And wow, is it worth it, the structure of the program is amazing, Aaron and Jan are really good at explaining and teaching. They can make everything that looks hard from the outside look quite easy once they explain it. 

I love the Freelancing Week, really good tips! 

I've already managed to land myself my first client on UpWork building a shopify store from scratch! 

Really looking forward to where this new career can take me.   

I have been trying to learn web development since the beginning of this year, nearly gave up in the middle of it.
My mistake was that I had a scope of skills that was too broad ( full stack development ).
Then I tried to narrow it to just the front end using React but it was still very challenging. Just building a simple chat app took me 3 weeks.
After that, I said screw it let’s join freemote, once I had a portfolio of projects I started to send proposals and I got my first gig just after 10 days of joining the program which was translating a website, currently I managed to get a second one.

I truly believe this is your fastest route to become a web developer!

So my name is Avery, and I first started the course with literally 0 software development skills. After getting through the basics of the course with the frontend languages, I dove into Shopify, and I fell in love. Since then I have become a full time remote freelance Shopify Developer and make over double what I did at my 9-5. If you have the drive to complete this course, and the willingness to put yourself out there, you WILL succeed. I finished the course in around 2 months and left my job in 3. I don't feel like a special case, or some superhuman, I was just determined. If you're serious, and I mean really serious, this course can and will change your life. 

As the title suggests, I came into Freemote with little to no coding experience.  In a month and a half since I started the course, I've been hired for 6 jobs on Upwork. I've gotten THREE 5-star reviews on Upwork. 2 jobs are still in progress, so no reviews for those yet.

It's been such an amazing journey. Aaron and Jan do a fantastic job of explaining the concepts required to get a sprinting head start into the world of freelance, specifically within the Shopify niche as a front-end/platform developer, among other skills (such as SEO, store migration, store setup, 3rd party app integration, and more).

I do have to add a caveat in regards to this course. However, I think this caveat applies to any endeavor in any field: what it comes down to is what you put into it. If you just passively watch all the videos and don't do any of the work involved, then I can't say this course is for you. Aaron and Jan show the way, and they're top-notch at it, but you have to put in the work.

I hope that was helpful, and I wish all the best for those who decide to take the course! If you're willing to work hard, you won't regret it. At least, that has been my own personal experience so far, and I feel as though I'm only at the very beginning of this journey.

Best,James