{"id":116850,"date":"2020-08-17T10:31:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T10:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/?p=11921"},"modified":"2020-08-17T10:31:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T10:31:16","slug":"how-to-allocate-your-time-as-a-freelance-developer-the-40-30-30-rule-for-maximal-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/17\/how-to-allocate-your-time-as-a-freelance-developer-the-40-30-30-rule-for-maximal-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Allocate Your Time as a Freelance Developer? The 40\/30\/30 Rule for Maximal Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Allocate Your Time as a Freelance Developer? The 40\/30\/30 Rule for Maximal Productivity\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5fAR2yDqudY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the time allocation for freelance developers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>20% Become a Business Genius:<\/strong> Read <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/book-leaving-the-rat-race-with-python\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Book: Leaving the Rat Race with Python\">business books<\/a> and complete <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/become-python-freelancer-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Become Python Freelancer Course\">business courses<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>20% Master Your Niche:<\/strong> Read<a href=\"https:\/\/pythononeliners.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pythononeliners.com\/\"> programming books<\/a> and specialize. <\/li>\n<li><strong>30% Increase Demand for Your Services: <\/strong>Apply for gigs and generate leads into your business. Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/massive-action-find-clients-as-a-freelance-programmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Massive Action \u2014 A Foolproof Way to Find Clients as a Freelance Programmer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>30% Do Work For Clients:<\/strong> Always <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/full-time-python-freelancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"How to Go Full-Time ($3000\/m) as a Python Freelancer\ufeff\">overdeliver <\/a>to feed into the previous step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By reading business books, you&#8217;ll become more and more efficient in building your business and your business will transform over time to the better. By reading programming books, you&#8217;ll be able to solve problems for clients much faster. Expert coders can complete gigs faster and produce better quality. These two learning habits will ensure that you maximize the leverage of your time and it&#8217;s the best investment you can make.<\/p>\n<p>Now you have the skills&#8212;but to earn higher hourly rates, you need to increase demand for your services. As a rule of thumb: double the demand for your services will double your hourly rate. How can you increase demand? Build a loyal client base of business owners who know, like, and trust you. You accomplish this by always giving them more value than they pay for. The most crude way to get clients is to apply for gigs on Upwork and Fiverr. Do it if necessary!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you need to do the work. But most of the time you should invest in the previous steps to sharpen your saw and build a sustainable business. Doing the work will be easier and more profitable as a result!<\/p>\n<h2>Where to Go From Here?<\/h2>\n<p>Enough theory, let\u2019s get some practice!<\/p>\n<p>To become successful in coding, you need to get out there and solve real problems for real people. That\u2019s how you can become a six-figure earner easily. And that\u2019s how you polish the skills you really need in practice. After all, what\u2019s the use of learning theory that nobody ever needs?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practice projects is how you sharpen your saw in coding!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you want to become a code master by focusing on practical code projects that actually earn you money and solve problems for people?<\/p>\n<p>Then become a Python freelance developer! It\u2019s the best way of approaching the task of improving your Python skills\u2014even if you are a complete beginner.<\/p>\n<p>Join my free webinar <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/webinar-freelancer\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHow to Build Your High-Income Skill Python\u201d<\/a> and watch how I grew my coding business online and how you can, too\u2014from the comfort of your own home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.finxter.com\/webinar-freelancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join the free webinar now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the time allocation for freelance developers: 20% Become a Business Genius: Read business books and complete business courses. 20% Master Your Niche: Read programming books and specialize. 30% Increase Demand for Your Services: Apply for gigs and generate leads into your business. Learn more here. 30% Do Work For Clients: Always overdeliver to feed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[857],"tags":[73,468,528],"class_list":["post-116850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-python-tut","tag-programming","tag-python","tag-tutorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}