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How You Can Land a Job Using Referrals (Even if You’re a Complete Newbie)

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When you’re trying to get a job in a new industry–whether you’re a career-changer or entering the workforce for the first time–it can be hard to get a foot in the door. Everyone else may seem to already have the skills, experience, and contacts necessary.

So when you’re starting without those things, how do you catch a break? How do you make the phrase, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” work for you?

In this guest post,

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7 Principles of Design You Should Know as a Coder

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If you’ve ever built a website or app yourself, you know that for a great finished product, you need more than knowledge of coding. You also need basic design skills.

First impressions matter, and the first thing a user will judge your project on is its design. If the finished product doesn’t look good–or, worse, makes the website or app difficult to navigate–no one will use it.

By learning just a few design basics, you’ll dramatically improve the quality of your projects.

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5 Things You Can Do to Get Hired in Tech

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Career-changers are often drawn to tech–and for good reason. It’s an innovative and interesting field with high salaries and plenty of job openings at any given time.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean you can just fill out some applications, walk into an interview, and get a tech job. In addition to learning the tech skills you’ll need on the job, you have to compete with everyone else to earn the attention of companies.

The good news: just like you can learn coding,

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How to Make Your First $1,000 Through Freelancing

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Freelancing can sound like a big, scary thing, but what if I told you you could start making money from freelancing right now? What if someone told you how to start a website business with the skills you already have?

In this guest post, Kyle Prinsloo from Study Web Development shares a step-by-step blueprint for starting a website business and making your first $1,000 a month from freelancing, using skills you probably already have.

Real quick — if you’re interested in learning about making money on the side while you learn to code (even if you have a full-time job) you don’t want to miss my free training!

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How to Get a Job in Cryptocurrency

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The rise of cryptocurrency is creating a lot of new opportunities in tech, from bitcoin startup jobs to blockchain developer jobs and even entry-level cryptocurrency jobs. Whatever your current skills or level of expertise, it’s an industry well worth considering seriously.

After all, just look at the data: blockchain developers claim the #2 fastest-growing freelance skill according to an Upwork survey. Bitcoin jobs stand at #3.

And it’s not just freelancers that stand to benefit: traditional postings are skyrocketing for cryptocurrency jobs as well.

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