I have learned so much in the past couple of years about coding. It's been a truly spectacular ride. One thing that it has really done is open up further opportunities. Let's take SEO, for example. If you know what you are doing, then you can make some really good websites on a topic that a lot of people are searching and maybe are willing to spend money on. If you know SEO really well, then you will be able to use your coding skills to make extra money. I would recommend always using trustworthy, white-hat principles, as that's the most ethical way to go about things. BUT, this is just an example of one way you can extend your coding skills to something else that can make you some more money.
Other forms of Internet marketing and advertising also go hand in hand with coding. You can do Facebook or Google advertising for clients and they will pay you a good deal of money. You can create landing pages for them really quickly with your coding skills. This will just add to the list of things you can do as a hobby and can make you some good money on the side. I would highly recommend looking into this if at all possible. It isn't that hard to learn and you can really make some good money on the side. If you can combine good coding skills with great Internet marketing skills, there's really not a lot that you can't do at that point. You will be really valuable, whether you do this on the side or you want to turn something like this into a different career. Either way, coding can extend into other areas that can be really valuable.
Outside of that, coding can bring you many different social opportunities. You can meet really interesting people and then you can become friends with them if you do a really good job. This is just yet another pitch for why you should learn coding. There is truly no downside and there is really only upside. So you should get started as soon as possible if at all possible.
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