Hey everyone,
I'm at a crossroads and could really use your insights. I currently work as a mechanical engineer in the oil & gas field in a third world country with a very bad wage (relative to other countries) but less demanding workload (8.30 AM to 3.30 PM). I’m planning to start a remote side hustle after my current job with the goal of landing a remote job that I can work after my current job at night time (night time in my country is day time in USA, Canada, etc..)—ideally, earning an extra $2000–$3000 a month.
Here’s where I’m stuck: I have some technical skills (I know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), a strong knack for problem solving, and a good understanding of tech. However, I do struggle a lot with memorizing as I really have a bad memory that affected my learning journey and made me stuck. I’ve been debating whether to focus on digital marketing or front-end development as the primary skill that will help me build this income stream.
I feel like I should stop trying with frontend development and focus on learning digital marketing.
I’m torn between the two routes—digital marketing feels exciting for its creative and strategic aspects that will leverage my analytical thinking and will be less memory demanding, but front-end development could capitalize on my coding background (I feel like I wasted months or maybe years with actual results by learning to code and the landing an entry-level position as frontend developer remote now with no experience is very hard).
What are your thoughts about this?
Has anyone had experience choosing one path over the other for online and remote income? What factors did you consider, and what kind of ROI did you see from either approach?
I'm at a crossroads and could really use your insights. I currently work as a mechanical engineer in the oil & gas field in a third world country with a very bad wage (relative to other countries) but less demanding workload (8.30 AM to 3.30 PM). I’m planning to start a remote side hustle after my current job with the goal of landing a remote job that I can work after my current job at night time (night time in my country is day time in USA, Canada, etc..)—ideally, earning an extra $2000–$3000 a month.
Here’s where I’m stuck: I have some technical skills (I know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), a strong knack for problem solving, and a good understanding of tech. However, I do struggle a lot with memorizing as I really have a bad memory that affected my learning journey and made me stuck. I’ve been debating whether to focus on digital marketing or front-end development as the primary skill that will help me build this income stream.
I feel like I should stop trying with frontend development and focus on learning digital marketing.
I’m torn between the two routes—digital marketing feels exciting for its creative and strategic aspects that will leverage my analytical thinking and will be less memory demanding, but front-end development could capitalize on my coding background (I feel like I wasted months or maybe years with actual results by learning to code and the landing an entry-level position as frontend developer remote now with no experience is very hard).
What are your thoughts about this?
Has anyone had experience choosing one path over the other for online and remote income? What factors did you consider, and what kind of ROI did you see from either approach?
