Get Paid to Write Code Without a 9–5

If you’re a recent graduate from a school or a bootcamp, I probably don’t need to tell you how difficult it is to get your first job as a software developer. You may be discouraged by the LinkedIn articles you see where authors encourage you to send donuts to your interviewer, contribute to open source projects, host your own website, study complicated algorithms and network, network, network!

Holy Jimmies, you think to yourself, how the hell am I ever gonna get paid to write some gosh dang code?

There are enough articles you can find on the internets that will guide you through a variety of methods to land you first job in software and I will only add that I believe it is a bit of a numbers game when getting hired for the first time and persistence and faith are required to get through the rejections.

But who says you need a traditional 9–5 to get paid?

While a 9–5 is probably the most desirable type of employment for most job seekers, you don’t need to be under the thumb of corporate overlords to gain some really valuable experience in the world of software development.

Here are a few ways to get that first nickel:

Codementor

Codementor is an online marketplace for, you guessed it, mentors to help others with code related…