As a programmer, should I just write code?

His answer is no. But you should learn to learn more things to be able to improve your knowledge and improve many other skills. From there can generate more income or at least have broader knowledge. So that's what I will introduce to you below.

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Blogging
When we blog, we will have to find a way to write well, find content, research keywords, how to get our articles to the TOP 10 of Google, and know more about hosting, domains, to How to put our website on the internet so that many people know it.

Through blogging, we will have more skills such as writing articles, SEO, content creation, keyword research, not to mention designing cover photos, in addition, when the blog is read by many people, many people know about it. In the future, the personal brand will be more prestigious, later it will be easier to connect to many people and do many other beneficial things..

Freelance
When working as a freelancer, you will gain more online work experience, increase your income a lot if you do it well, know many good online job search sites, know how to deal with a suitable salary, have experience in handling this and that. , the level is increasing day by day until you are good, if you have a number of potential customers, then you don't have to worry about not having a job anymore

Be a Youtuber
Being a Youtuber, similar to a blog, but about videos, we definitely have to practice speaking skills in front of the camera, or simply talk while recording, learn more video editing software, record videos. , sound types.

When you become a Youtuber, you will also learn a lot for yourself, how to guide, edit videos, how to communicate, tell stories, design cover photos...

UI UX
What to learn UI UX for, to improve aesthetics so that when working with Designer, I also have the knowledge to be able to make products similar to the design, or when there is no Designer, I can also make a little product. It's better to look at than bad that no one wants to use. Having more UI UX knowledge is an advantage for programmers that you should add

Design tools
Learning Photoshop, AI, Figma are design tools, helping us to know how to use them so that when we are assigned to design from these tools, it will be easy to get resources such as images, fonts, colors, sizes, etc. size or simpler when you make a blog or Youtube, you can also design your own cover photo, cover photo, avatar image without having to hire. Sometimes when I have time, I learn more about editing photos, later if my girlfriend asks, I will show my talent.

Soft skills
Learn more soft skills, like communication, and then learn about how to send polite Mail so that when we send our CVs to apply for something, we also know how to let employers appreciate them more than those who only know how to send Emails. know what ends.

One of the best things about blogging, freelance, and youtube is getting used to being yelled at 🙂 Gradually know how to ignore the bad things, thereby understanding yourself better. You also need to know how to organize your time, divide your work, and write.

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Ending
The more you learn, the more you have an advantage for yourself, have more knowledge and skills other than coding, like those who love reading books, I see that they have a lot of extensive knowledge, understand everything and explain very well. good.

I am not very interested in reading books, instead I cultivate other things like I have described above. Hope this article with the spirit of learning will spread to you and help you develop more and more.