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Would it be viable for me to start doing freelance web development in 2026? (lemmy.ml)
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I am thinking of doing freelance web development and I'm currently building my portfolio for it. However, I don't have any degree at all and I live in an expensive country. My friend however says that I still might have a chance if I make good quality stuff. Right now I'm even working on creating a video platform website similar to YouTube (with it being fully functional) just to impress potential customers.

Would that work?

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[–] vanillama@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

than what an AI or cheap programmers from places like India or China could do.

People abroad making less money has more to do with the cost of living, different regulations and so on, not necessarily skill. I'm a mid developer with years of professional experience and my salary is shit for US standards, but it allows me to live okayish here, so that's why we put up with it. Immigrants also often face a precarious position (such as a visa status being tied to their work, or prosecution by the authorities, or not being part of a union in an otherwise unionized industry, etc), so them getting paid badly is, again, not always related to skill. I've met Arab doctors who are cab drivers in Europe.