Knowing how to code even if you are a beginner is a really valuable skill that could end up making you a lot of money. Want to know more? let’s get to acknowledge!!

Generally, this is a very obvious question that every newbie is handling when they started learning how to write code. Are there any opportunities to generate revenue while learning? Especially for the students who are pursuing an engineering degree and are wannabe software engineers in the future.

YES, absolutely there are numerous ways to earn money even if you are a beginner. Coding is a fabulous skill to have and a really profitable job, and there is a lot that you can do as a programmer that could bring you money. One of the most common paths every student choose is they start preparing for interviews with enormous companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and many more. This is the best recommendation for a 4th year engineering student but not for a beginner. There are various ways from where a beginner can also start.

This blog is dedicated to all the students out there looking to help their cause and support their lifestyle while learning. We will discuss 9 easy and fun ways to make money with code.

Let’s get started

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Start a YouTube Channel

Starting a Youtube channel is one of the best ways to start teaching coding to millions of people. If you have amazing experience in any programming language, Python, JavaScript, Java, C/C++, etc., and have good teaching skills, you can definitely start your own Youtube channel.

You will need to determine what type of software YouTube channel to start. I categorize software YouTube channels into four types: tutorial, informational, live coding, and software entertainment. So you can start any one of them it’s up to you.

Basically, there are so many coding Youtube channels such as Codewithharry, Programming With Mosch, freecodecamp, etc from where you can take motivations and ideas on how to start.

Blogging

As a programmer, you can always start writing your own blogs on programming related topics just like I do. If you are passionate about writing I will recommend starting your own website and write blogs. There are two ways to start your website i.e. free and paid versions.

Basically in blogs, you can write about programming languages features, history, about your coding journey or anyone else journey, share industry news and write about other topics that interest you. You can also make a blog on free and paid courses that really help others or sell your own courses.

There are numerous ways to monetize your blog:

Google Adsence
Affiliate marketing
Sell courses and ebooks
Sell coaching services, and many more.

Still have any doubts about how can I start Blogging I can help you ping on my Instagram account.

Freelancing

Freelancing is one of the best places where you can show your talent and get paid jobs or projects through which you can earn money. It comes with a lot of advantages. The best part this is one of the easiest and flexible jobs in the world. Nowadays people are switching their jobs to freelancing. You have all the freedom of working anywhere wherever you want. Once you’ve built up some reputation you should be able to make a decent amount of money.

There are numerous platforms such as Fiverr, Upwork, and Freelancer where you have to make your gig. If someone is interested in your gig then definitely they will contact you with some amazing projects. Following are the gigs you can start examining:

Web programming.
Desktop applications.
Mobile applications.
Game Development.
Online coding lessons, and many more.

Join Competitive Coding

Basically, when you start learning to program you just don’t learn how to code but you also learn the “art of thinking”, by splitting your code into smaller chunks and then using your own logic-based creativity to solve a problem from different perspectives.

Programming is fun, programming is an exercise for your brain, programming is a mental sport and when this sport is held over the internet involving sport programmer as a contestant then it is called Competitive Programming. Steve Jobs said that.

It teaches you how to think?
Steve Jobs

They offer different contests that have a wide variety of different rewards which make participating in these contests even more interesting. There is a various site for competitive coding. Following are the site to prepare for coding:

GeeksForGeeks
Leetcode
CodeChef
Codeforces
Hackerearth

Contribute To Open Source

Contributing to open source can be a rewarding way to learn, teach, and build experience in just about any skill you can imagine.

Why do people contribute to open source? Plenty of reasons!

Improve software you rely on.
Improve existing skills.
Find mentors and teach others.
It’s empowering to be able to make changes, even small ones.
Learn people skills.

Google Summer of Code is one the best place to work on a project. Basically, it’s a global program focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. Students work with an open-source organization on a 10-week programming project during their break from school.

Help your Local/Family Business

This is one of the best ways for beginner coders who want to start generating revenues. Try to ask your friends, family members, local business owners if they want a website or want to renew their old websites. You can contact them and offer to build a website at a cheap price.

If you’re just starting out as a developer and this is one of your first paid projects you could consider doing it for free. This way you can add the project to your resume to show other people what you’re capable of. You can tell them after 2-3 changes whatever you have to change or update you have to pay me and that’s how you can earn money. Lastly, try to attach with your nearest coffee shops, restaurants, cake shops, medical shops, and many more.

Create a Theme for WordPress

Approximately 40 million people in the world are involved in writing codes or programs. It means they have knowledge of how to build a website. But what about others. There are a lot of people who wants to have a website but don’t know anything about coding. Those people often use a solution like WordPress. Most of the giant companies are using WordPress even NASA use. WordPress helps them by providing inbuilt themes or plugins which they simply add to their website.

Basically, they are totally dependable on the themes which are present in the market and here is the big opportunity comes. You can build a theme or plugins to sort out their life. Once you’ve built your theme you have the opportunity to sell it to millions of people all over the world.

Internships

This is one of my favourite ways to earn money. Here you not only get a stipend but definitely gains a lot of knowledge from your seniors and having an amazing experience working as a team. Internships really help you to build your resume. Generally people after having a good amount of knowledge in any language they start applying for Internships.

Applying for internships of 3-6 months duration under different organizations/companies and earn a stipend per month. Once you pass the interview rounds, you get offer letters from companies mentioning your monthly stipend for the work you will be doing in the dedicated period of the internship.

There are a lot of websites to find Internships such as Internshala, Indeed, LinkedIn, etc.

Develop Apps

According to Google, 2.56 million apps are available in the google play store that is INSANE and now you can imagine for every goal we have apps. It indicates that people or coders are developing apps and it’s growing every day. This is the best option for programmers to build amazing apps and earn money.

Basically, you have to be familiar with Java, Kotlin( preferred language for android developers), Swift for iOS. If you want to know more about these languages I have written an article.

If you’ve got a really good and marketable app idea, it’s easy for you to make money by creating it yourself for free. Check out Upwork, Apache Cordova, Appcelerator, and more for awesome ideas.

So these are the 9 amazing ways to show your coding skills and start making money. If you are in the advanced level stage then you can also sell ebooks or courses. Even you can any podcast and start uploading on YouTube and Spotify it is also the best way to start earning.

Conclusion

Coding is a fabulous skill to have and a really profitable job, and there is a lot that you can do as a programmer that could bring you money. You can definitely make your career in coding. There are numerous ways to make money which I have already discussed above. The one important thing is most beginners fail to make money and they quit. Making money is not that much what you think. Try to improve your coding skills and do hard work. Be consistent and definitely one day you will get success.

I hope this article helps you and clears your thoughts regarding coding. Share with your friends and try to connect with me on my social media handle. Peace.

FAQ

How to make money coding as a beginner?

Ans: Following are the 9 amazing ways to show your coding skills and start earning.

Start a YouTube channel
Blogging
Freelancing
Join competitive coding
Help your local/Family business
Internships
Contribute to open source
Create a Theme for WordPress
Develop Apps

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