mr shivashanker

 After 1 year and 7 months in a full-time role and 3 years of freelancing, I've experienced both sides of the developer career coin. Today, I want to share an honest comparison that goes beyond the usual "freedom vs security" debate. This is the real talk about what each path actually looks like day-to-day. My Journey: From Corporate to Complete Freedom The Full-Time Experience (2020-2022) I started as a junior full-stack developer at an Indian IT company. Fixed salary, fixed hours, fixed desk. The security felt great initially - steady paycheck, health insurance, and learning from seniors. But after just over a year, I realized I was learning faster on my own than following company processes. The Freelancing Journey (2022-Present) In early 2022, I made the bold decision to go freelance after only 1.5 years of experience. Most people said I was crazy - "get more experience first," they said. But 3 years later, I can confidently say it was the best career de...

Hey developers! Back in 2021, I started my coding journey as a backend developer. Three years later, I'm now a full-stack developer AND I've trained over 200 students in web development. Today, I want to share the exact strategy and tricks I discovered that made my transition smooth - and why React + Node.js is the perfect combo for anyone looking to become full-stack in 2025. My Backend Beginning (2021 - The Foundation Years) I started with Node.js and Express back in 2021. Honestly, I thought frontend was "just making things pretty" - how wrong I was! I spent my first year building APIs, working with databases, and learning server-side logic. But here's the thing that changed my perspective: when I started training students, I realized that most developers struggle because they learn frontend and backend as separate worlds . That's when I discovered the secret sauce. The Teaching Breakthrough That Changed My Approach Around mid-2022, while conducting tr...