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type: podcast
authors:
  - alex-patterson
  - brittney-postma
episode: 30
guests:
  - amy-dutton
recording_date: May 11, 2021 12:00 PM
season: 1
published: published
podcast: CodingCat.dev
chapters_done: true
cloudinary_convert: false
cover: https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/main-codingcatdev-photo/vbex1zxomeoo0wjzyhhr.png
devto: https://dev.to/codingcatdev/1-30-journey-of-a-freelance-designer-developer-3a4p
excerpt: In this episode we sit down with Amy Dutton and to talk about freelancing and what it takes to be a designer and developer. We also talk about working for Zeal and making her awesome channel Self Teach Me.
hashnode: https://hashnode.codingcat.dev/podcast-1-30-journey-of-a-freelance-designer-developer
picks:
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    {
      author: 'alex-patterson',
      name: 'Tips for Finding Clients as a Freelance developer',
      site: 'https://dev.to/creativetim_official/10-tips-for-finding-clients-as-a-freelance-web-developer-1cbe'
    },
    {
      author: 'alex-patterson',
      name: "Jupiter's Legacy",
      site: 'https://www.netflix.com/title/80244953'
    },

    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'Freelance episodes on CompressedFM Part 1',
      site: 'https://www.compressed.fm/episode/6'
    },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'Freelance episodes on CompressedFM Part 2',
      site: 'https://www.compressed.fm/episode/7'
    },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'The Mitchells vs the Machines',
      site: 'https://www.netflix.com/title/81399614'
    },
    { author: 'amy-dutton', name: 'Magnetic Phone Mount', site: 'https://amzn.to/2Q9iLVP' },
    { author: 'amy-dutton', name: 'Embrava Blynclight', site: 'https://amzn.to/3nXo0o4' }
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spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6NkckhsW8DdxUNTNfyGY8T?si=tumVwEApThKlYEZhn8WwCg
start: July 21, 2021
title: Journey of a Freelance Designer & Developer
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7VQ_x4zZMI
---

## Questions

1. What is ZEAL and what do you do there?
2. How did you get started Freelancing?
3. Freelancing sounds like it's one of the dream jobs everyone wants, what are some of the pitfalls?
4. At what point do you think someone is capable of making the jump to freelancing?
5. What are the most common projects you get asked for as a freelancer?
   1. What is your tech stack of choice or does it depend on the project?

## Links

- [Figjam - Define ideas, align on decisions, and move work forward—all in one place](https://www.figma.com/figjam)
- [Branches](https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360063144053-Create-branches-and-merge-changes)
- [Framer Prototype](https://www.framer.com/)
- [Sanity's Query Language](https://www.sanity.io/docs/groq)
- [Zeal Hiring](https://www.codingzeal.com/hiring)
- [Dribble - Inspiration for designers and creatives](https://dribbble.com/)
- [Behance](https://www.behance.net/)
- [Panda 5](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/panda-5-your-favorite-web/haafibkemckmbknhfkiiniobjpgkebko?hl=en)
- [Sidebar.io - Newsletter](https://sidebar.io)
