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Potluck - Editor Fonts Portfolios Meetup Tips Switching to Windows Freelancing Sources

Published: Aug. 1, 2018, 1 p.m.

It\u2019s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions about freelancing, portfolios, code editors, meetup tips, switching to windows and more!

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Show Notes

2:37

  • Question: Maaz Syed Adeeb - Are editor fonts worth the investment (if yes, why)? Why are they such a big deal in the first place?
  • Operator Mono
  • Dank Mono
  • Fira Code

6:10

  • Question: Ste O\u2019Neill - How can I come up with ideas for projects? What can I put in a portfolio when I work for an agency?

9:10

  • Question: JavaScript Joe - If I only have two hours per week to work on coding projects, do I spend it building a side project or do I spend it contributing to open source? What\u2019s your experience contributing to open source?

10:45

  • Question: Diane - Why is Git so hard to grasp in team projects? What are the best resources to master it?
  • Try Github

13:35

  • Question: Grant Chambers - What are some tips for going to your first meetup?
  • React Meetups

20:23

27:39

  • Question: Would you recommend using\xa0Upwork\xa0for starting out freelancing or something similar?

31:18

  • Question: Mike C. - What do you guys think about sites like\xa0Codewars\xa0and\xa0Code Fights? Being new to web development, I find the problems hard to solve. Is it important to know how to solve all these problems? If so, how do I get better at developing the mindset to solve them?
  • JavaScript 30
  • Level Up Tutorials

38:47

  • Question: When I work on a website, I need to record user names, passwords, URLs, keys, logins, cPanel, WordPress, ftp, MySQL for each and every website, local and remote.
    Currently, I use a text file to save all that information. How are you storing all this info? How others do it? How the pros are managing this? Pros and cons?
  • SSH Key
  • LastPass
  • 1Password

42:15

44:57

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