![]() In other words: my resume is already a trainwreck that could probably not get more scattered and incoherent. But, being the hopeless generalist that I am, I committed several years ago to making career decisions not based on career strategy, but rather on what makes me happy. Now, you might be asking yourself - why would one even attempt to get into the mobile app space after just shy of a year of professional web development experience? Wouldn’t it make more sense to keep specializing in that area while adding some years of experience to your resume?Ībsolutely it would. Although it wasn’t my original intention, this advisory role eventually resulted in me taking on the development of the app as lead developer. Somewhat intellectually starved I said yes. Although he knew my job kept me busy and didn’t expect a full-time commitment, he asked if I wanted to be a part of the project in a more advisory type of role. It was in this gloomy mood that my dad reached out to me about his intentions to build a mobile app for his company’s customers. During one week, when the product team’s rotating tech support duty was mine, I was feeling a bit bored and frustrated with some of the bugs I was assigned to. Summer was approaching rapidly, and the otherwise fairly high work pace was getting slower by the day. It was my first dev job, and I’d landed it barely a year earlier (which you can read more about in this article). At the time, I was working as a full stack web developer for a Stockholm-based startup. Last May, I stumbled upon this exciting freelance opportunity. Here’s the bumpy ride, all the way from react-native init to app store release. As it happens, it was also the first app I’ve built for a client as a freelancing developer. ![]() If you enjoyed this, please share it or join over 95,000 entrepreneurs who get weekly Fastlane insights to living an Unscripted, 1% life, or join The Fastlane Forum - the only social media outlet that educates you on how to live richly.By Charlie Jeppsson How I built my first React Native app for my first freelance client recently launched my first native mobile app built with React Native. "I own X businesses" is code for "I own nothing that makes money." Please leave the "I have 9 businesses" to after you have $10M+! I got to where I am today because I didn't have multiple side-hustles or 9 businesses. #8) Real 1% wealth is created via monogamy or a narrow focus. New opportunities are rarely exploited with an old education. Everything I use today was not taught years ago when I was in college. #7) Real 1% wealth is created through constant self-development and learning. Using patience for wealth is dumb since time itself is wealth. I get paid THRU time, not because I TRADE time. Whenever you hear, "$X saved will be worth $X millions in X years" RUN THE OTHER WAY. #6) Real 1% wealth is created when TIME is removed from wealth or made an ally. As an ENTREP, you're always selling investors, customers, regulators, spouses. Ultimately a great product with poor marketing never hits its expansion loop or has a chance for a productocracy. ![]() #5) Real 1% wealth is created via effective sales and marketing. Learn how to code, build an audience you are a personal asset, leveling up is an investment in your future. If you don't have the capital to own assets, your industrious grit needs to kickstart the process. #4) Real 1% wealth is created via both HARD+SMART work that compounds. Don't confuse relative value with surplus value: Your fitness blog might be valuable, but it's not relatively valuable. The more you can provide+deliver, the richer you become. #3) Real 1% wealth is created via a massive positive impact of relative value. Leverage is about the scale/impact you can have on a big enough audience to change your life. Ex: Start a business with $5K: sell it 4 years later for $10M. You can get wealthy when you control an asset that offers leverage. #2) Real 1% wealth is created via asymmetric returns. Defense (expense cutting, coupons, DCA) simply makes you less poor. Sorry, this doesn't include your index-fund investments, crypto shit-coins, your job, or your 401(k). #1) Real 1% wealth is created on offense by owning assets you control. Here are 8 rules to create real, 1% wealth where the word "budget" is no longer part of your vocabulary. Also, I'm in the top 25% of that 1%, which affords a fabulous lifestyle.
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