How to know when your ready to become a RENT-A-PROGRAMMER?

Hey all, just wondering at what stage do you start to go, hey I should be hiring myself out?

I know it would probably be easier to get jobs if you specialise in C#, which I am still yet to transfer to.

Thats about it.

 

When you feel like you can deliver what someone asks for.

 

Perhaps when you start answering more questions than you're asking.

 

Awwww snap! +1

 

Yes I thought that was a bit harsh haha

 

lol, I'm sorry, it wasn't meant that way. I have no idea how many questions you ask. Personally, I still ask more than I answer, which is why I still don't call myself a programmer.

 

I've probably had thousands of questions, many of which I have answered on my own. Very few of them I ask on forums because sometimes I can't find the answer. I'm sure I could make scripts for people for a living but I'm also sure I could get tired of it very quick. When I code, I start a little messy and clean up as I go. I also play with other ideas as I code so I can learn more ways to do things. I code because I like to create my ideas but I don't know if I'd be fully ready to create someone else's ideas for them.

I'd say, accept a small job if you want to and see if you are capable of what the person is wanting. My biggest fear if I did it is if my script wasn't the best it could be, and if I couldn't complete it in a good enough timeframe. But after the first couple of scripts I would feel comfortable with the idea of coding for another person. I do have scripts that I have made on the Asset Store but those were scripts that I was making for myself and decided to fix them up, make them better for widespread use and they turned out quite well I'd say. It was a good learning experience. Hey, maybe you could try selling scripts on the Asset Store first before you try renting yourself out?

 

Ah thats fine xD

I will be waiting till I have a few more years under my belt before I freelance anyway

 

TBH, you need to be fluent in both JS and C#, but that is easy compared to knowing all the stuff... go to the scripting forums and just answer the first few questions, don't pick them you would need to be able to be able to tackle lots and lots of different problems, and I sure wouldn't come back to a programmer that can't do my requests due to difficulty(well not really for me but most.)

 

Hehehe - funny.

Pretty much anytime you're capable of providing a good product thats in demand by a client.

First few gigs I did were simple $10 scripts doing things like fixing simple bugs or angry birds-esque catapult script [drag to release]. Simple things that people need, that can be done easily with little to no stress when things do go wrong.

 

Not that hard... You mainly just need to know the syntax differences.

Do what i did, offer your services free of charge take requests test your skill and if you tackle all requests easily with minor difficulties then u should be able to handle payed requests

 

Why do you have to master them both? In the world of Unity, the only difference between JS and C# is syntax.

(I know in the rest of the world, JS and C# are VERY different languages. But JS-in-Unity is not real JS.)

 

There is more to it than syntax. C# has additional features.

 

I know, there nearly identical, so that is why I said it was easy.