I'm a junior Java/Oracle programmer. Five years from now, I'd like to be skilled and savvy enough to be able to move to a rural town and work mostly remotely as an independent contractor. What should I be learning and doing now to begin work toward this? I hate it when people say "Oh, what a great field you work in - you can just become a contractor and work from home!" As if it were the easiest thing in the world and I was tuned in enough to automatically know what's in demand, magically learn it and know how to market myself for it. My current job is far from the cutting edge - it's a boring corporate gig and we build reliable business applications. Thus, I have no idea where to start. But I have schooling. I have (a small amount of) experience. And I have time.
Can you help me come up with a long-term plan? What should I learn? What contracting services would I offer? For which (type of) organization? As it stands right now, I can do database programming, java web apps and I have a tiny bit of experience with android and iOS apps. Thanks.
Can you help me come up with a long-term plan? What should I learn? What contracting services would I offer? For which (type of) organization? As it stands right now, I can do database programming, java web apps and I have a tiny bit of experience with android and iOS apps. Thanks.
