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Very well said.
I must get asked this same question about a dozen times a week on Quora.
Usually it's some lazy arse who failed at school, but doesn't want to be left behind in the $$$$ rich world of I.T, so is looking for the quickest way to get from 0 to $$$$ without any hard work being involved.
My reply is the same for both the Lazy Arses and the Genuine folks....
Software development is hard, very hard, you seem to have already figured this one out. But there's so much more to it than just learning to "write da coedz", it's about developing communication skills, problem solving skills, deep analysis skills, and so much more.
The Languages, the Databases, the IDES & Editors, the Frameworks their all just tools, tools that you acquire and put into your toolbox ready to use. The more you learn, the better the tools you have, and the more knowledge you have of what's best to use and when.
There is no shortcut or quick route to earning money, I.T & Software development is a game you play long term, you dont just develop the skills for it over night.
Many of us here in CP have been doing this for years, and you know what, ever after all of that time, every day brings something new, every day sees us learning a new skill.
All you can do is keep at it, keep practicing, keep learning, and as Marc said previously, get to know folks who might be able to get you a foot in the door.
Eventually you will get somewhere, but it's not going to be quick, if you need to earn money now, then the best thing to do is to go flip burgers part time, and keep studying the rest of the time.
Once you crack it, you'll be glad you did, but no one on here is going to lie to you about how hard the task ahead of you is going to be.
modified 9-Apr-18 14:10pm.
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I would recommend learning SQL in the first place as this is commonly used.
Popular programming languages are C#, Java, JavaScript and Python, but all this depends in which IT sector you want to work. If you live in the USA and want to make money, GO is a good choice.
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FlatAssembler wrote: The most complicated thing I've done by myself is a web-app
Your site is down btw.
Website is temporary sleeping
This website is hosted on a free learning platform - 000webhost.com
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"to make money" ... ah, that could be interpreted many ways; one way could be to think about what could you do in the next 12 years to achieve, at age 30, being highly employable and/or wealthy; that might include:
1. taking Marc Clifton's excellent advice to you on this thread, becoming a versatile, well-rounded, software engineer
2. doing degrees in computer science, and math, at excellent schools.
3. doing an MBA at a top school.
4. doing a variety of internships at different types of software companies.
5. becoming an active user of CodeProject and StackOverflow.
6. publishing your work as open-source on GitHub, and engaging with other programmers through that.
7. picking up short-term contracts for programming on-line as your skill-set develops.
I think the key idea is to engage yourself as deeply as possible, and, who knows, at some point you may have a GREAT IDEA that will take you places you never imagined you could go 
I congratulate you on your achievements to date, and, at the risk of sounding like the old man I am, I would hope your focus would be as much on personal excellence as it is on financial reward.
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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If your only reason to do something is "to make some money", you will fail.
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1. check your sun signs / horoscope
2. enroll for some finance course or business course + international trade and corporate finance
3. start a career in trading
4. start a side business
5. profit
6. cash out.
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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You don't make money by learning stuff, you make money by trading time and effort for money.
So I suggest that's what you do, get a job (or start your own, but I'd recommend getting some experience first).
Now I was lucky in that I knew someone who wanted to hire me as a trainee with no former education.
If you're not so lucky you're going to have to work a little harder up front so you can show a potential employer what you can do.
The problem is no one wants to hire you if you don't have at least x years of experience or a formal degree, but you're probably already better than a lot of people who already have programming jobs.
You could learn for years and years and there'll always be something you don't know and you'll never have anything to show to potential employers.
So try to get a job, it's the fastest way to learn (and you'll learn things well beyond programming, like politics and how sh*tty people can be) and the only way to make money from it.
One piece of advice though, do something that you love doing, not because it pays well (but try to combine them).
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Well, I've been relatively successful in programming competitions such as the Croatian Open Competition in Informatics (COCI). Isn't that something worth showing to the potential employers, along with that web-app? Or do you think that what I know right now is basically useless?
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I can't really tell how much value your current knowledge is.
I'm just telling you that if you want to make money while coding you should find a job where you can put your knowledge to use
Whether your can sell yourself for minimum wage or €5000,- a month is up to you (and a whole different skill).
Just saying that without a formal education (or something else that really stands out) it might be hard to sell yourself at all.
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FlatAssembler wrote: So, what would you recommend me to learn to be able to make some money?
Get a job in a field/domain you like.
Start at the bottom, learn stuff, get some experience.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Welcome to CodeProject! It's refreshing to see a teenager with some web skills!
I checked your web-app, but didn't do anything with it, as I have no need for i486 assembly. If you intend to showcase this, you might want to put a little more verbiage there to explain what it does, and how to use it. (a little color wouldn't hurt either)
As for how to make some money, you should try for an internship, just be prepared to work for peanuts until you can prove you're worth more. As for skills, others here have given you plenty of ideas. Good luck!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Come up with the technology that will consume everybody. Patent it and license/sell it
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Don't listen what the little 'Cow Boy' says. Learn ASP.Net deeply. There are enormous opportunity out there. You should also learn/know Java, cloud... IoT as well.
-JB
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For me assembly, a high-level language (Delphi, in my case, but I speak C# and C++ too) and studying helped. The latter part, styding (this is getting a university degree) helped not for what I studied (physics, really not the same as informatics), but the mere fact that I have a university degree helped big times.
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Simply: You should just do what you find the most fun!
If you have fun you will be more productive and thus excel at whatever you have chosen to do. It also helps your long term mental health to do stimulating stuff.
I think it is useful to familiarize yourself with a wide range of technologies. The more stuff you know the easier it will be to pick up more.
Welcome to the Lounge, and good luck.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Congrats! You made the Daily Newsletter!
Quote: Telegraph operator, it’s all the rage
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"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I would recommend that you lkearn a marketable skill and how to market yourself.
For the first item, look at potential job listings and see what employers are seeking
For the second a book on marketing from you local library or book storewill serve
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Hello,
It's time to learn JS fundamentals, after this try to focus to two or three framwork like AngularJs, React or vue
Good luck
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Things to know to make money. Hmmm... Postscript and Micro-printing? 
Oh. Oh, seriously? JavaScript + HTML5 + CSS3. If you really serious, C#. Hey I made a decent living for the last 30+ years on them (on C/C++ any way).
Try not, Do, or do not, there is no try for couple years.
And if you are really, really, REALLY SERIOUS, I don't see any path other than go through a 4-5 years of reputable academic university and get a computer science degree. Period.
modified 9-Apr-18 14:23pm.
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Ok, this is borderline programming? Has anyone here played with the RTL SDR dongles? The SDRSharp software was open source, but has since been taken down. I'm hoping to find some info, so I can program the things! They are pretty neat.
For abpout $20.00 you can get a dongle that is a real software defined radio. It covers 24MHz to about 3GHzincluding the TV broadcast bands and it is apparently possible to retrieve the raw I Q streams to receive all of the MW LW and HF bands!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Does anything broadcast on MW, LW, or HF any more? I thought it was all digital or at the bare minimum FM now...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yes, there is plenty of programmingf broadcast on MW, LW and HF There was an international conference on the subject in early March in Philadelphia. I attended as I do each year in March.
There were about 300 people from all over the world Of course US and Canadians were the majority, but there were Italians, Germand and Australians as well.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Broadcast signals can be Right-to-Left ?
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