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heyheni
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Stupid idea?

I've been a designer for 10 years now and I'm stuck and bored. So I want to do something against that. I've tried countless times to learn to code on my own and failed. Now I fantasize of going abroad for 3 months. Hire a freelance full stack web developer to teach me 1on1 mo-fri 3-4 hours on how to make webapps. I've read that Kiev, Ukraine is very affordable and on upwork there are some amazing devs from kyiv.

But I'm not sure if that's a dumb idea?
What do you think? Would you teach someone for money? Any tipps on finding a webdev? Are you or do you know someone from Kiev or Ukraine?

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  • 1
    This is a good idea, but the main problem is: it's hard to find a person who are both a good developer and a good mentor.
    If you will find such one, it will be great.

    Btw, I'm from Ukraine (but from another city, Odessa), and Kyiv is a good choice for your plan.
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    https://nedap.com/careers/...

    Edit: what I mean to say is that you can learn to code in a few months, but you cannot learn to develop software in that time. Really develop, maintain, scale, sell, design, monitor, collaborate on software.

    Go big or go home!
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    "I've tried countless times to learn to code on my own and failed."

    You need to analyse *why* you've failed first. If it's because you've got bored and given up, then travelling to another country and paying to be told the same stuff via different means probably won't help.
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    Youtube tutorials and coffee. Do it. Also learn MEAN stack on VS Code. I'm an android developer and that's what was pretty fun to learn for meeeeee
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    Maybe we could work together! I'm looking for an experienced ux designer that creates awesome, slick ui's. Sorry can't teach you how.to code, well, I could but.free time is an issue.

    I have some great commercial ideas that I need a designer for, one willing to work on basis of revenue sharing. This means that there is always a risk that things don't pay off but well, that's part of being an entrepreneur.
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    You tube is your friend, seriously costs you nothing with world class instructors.
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    Do it. I'm doing something even crazier right now. And the only things that happens is that you grow amazingly more confident each time.
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    Remember to live the experience and to stay safe. But you should go abroad. Of that. I am certain.
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    @M1sf3t stuck and bored at my life #midlifecrisis 😄
    And yes i need someone who keeps me off procrastinating.

    @AlmondSauce
    I fail because of my ADS (Attention deficit sydrom) which distracts me quickly and because i'm a visual person. I draw a rectangle in a design programm i get instant gratification with html, css, js it's. ot so straight forward. So after an half an hour of www.freecodecamp.org or similar i get frustrated and drift towards social media.

    @CyberXander cool! i always wanted to visit odessa and then take the ferry to Georgia.
    What do you think would be an adequate compensation per month for a vue/svelte dev?
    I've read the average salery in kyiv is around 11'000 UAH ($450) per month but devs usually earn more. So for 4 hours including prepation time?

    @galileopy tell me about your crazy thing your doing 😃
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    @heyheni lol. I'm taking an express trip. (Using only 3 days leave, joining with the weekend) to go see a small colonial town in Colombia. It's 24 hours flight (including layover time) spend the weekend there, go back to a big city. Spend there the 3 weekdays. And arrive for work next Thursday (job starts at 8am, I arrive at 5am) I'll sleep 2 nights in airports. I'll make 9 connections in 5 days. 2 hostels. And I'll have time to see 4 cities. (2 are destinations, 2 have long layover times so I'll go see something outside the airports. Very quick downtown visits)
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    @galileopy wow haha 😄
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    @heyheni if you learn to make friends. You'll learn to be safe. Traveling is making friends and knowing how to make them. And being abroad teaches you that.
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    @galileopy hell yeah! did you arrive already?
    I'm Dreaming up my next adventure. Just discovered that since August there is a brand new night train from Ankara Turkey to Baku Azerbaijan. Some 2000 kilometers for $40.
    https://railturkey.org/2019/05/...
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    @heyheni I've been here one day already.

    It was a fun trip. And I'll keep making friends and enjoying it.
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