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First Experience Then Money

Juuso Hietalahti wrote in his blog about 7 Most Important Decisions You Need To Do For You Career.

I agree with Juuso in many of those. One of the things is that you should not follow either money or passion. If you always go for passion 100% you will probably miss the opportunities to get money.

Now when I’m a bit older and 11 years of programming experience I can say that I used passion 100% for the first almost 10 years. Yep, I didn’t get any money. But instead I gained a great deal of experience and a good portfolio. Now when I have that experience and that portfolio I can ask money, and trust me, it has paid back every cent.

I’m only 20 years old and if you look at my portfolio I’m pretty sure that there aren’t many as young as me who has that kind of experience. Gaining experience takes time and if you always ask for money you’ll loose changes to gain experience and that makes a difference. Of course it requires hard work, but it can be done. I’m also a father and I’m still able keep up my skills, do hobby projects, have good time with my family, relax, etc. It just needs discipline and hard work. I work 18 hours a day, passion keeps me going.