>>15086
Yes, many people want programming jobs now, but I don't think it is that kind of "saturated." If you have the skills needed, there are always jobs for you.
If you're asking this, most likely you're a noob, otherwise, correct me. If you're asking for people who never have a real office job but can easily do freelance stuff, it's usually the exception rather than the norm. It is usually that, you have years of experience already, and now you can call yourself some kind of senior. Now when people look at your CV, they want to hire you. I don't think people even want to hire juniors for online jobs anymore, but I'm just theorizing here. I tried to find remote jobs before, but people never called me. Fulltime office job, I can find easily, but no one calls me for remote jobs. But you're kinda asking for freelance stuff, I never tried that though.
-If i ask you to make me a full website, both backend and frontend, can you do it? can you draw diagram, explain structure, give me a full documentation and api documentation for your website? frontend and backend, what would be your tech stack?
>1. Do I have to get bullshit "certs", make a "portfolio" full of inane mickey mouse "projects", etc?
Just pet project is enough, you must do pet projects. Certs, idk, its not really helpful. I think that is usually reserved when you want to up your current position. You'd rather spend more time doing leetcode. But doing pet project is key here.
>2. How much does it generally pay per hour?
Less than full time job for the same amount of work, just the benefits of staying at home. If you're really good, i think you can do multiple at once and earned more. I wish i was this good.
>3. Can I use AI to aid me?
A noob like you must stay the fuck away from AI, if you're asking AI to do your learning, you will never get good, ever and that's from someone that uses AI daily and cannot quit on my own for now. And no AI cannot make your website for you, they suck ass. But if you're still looking, github copilot is the best, since it can read your entire project and have different paid models like Claude and mini and preview. If you have money they cost like 20 bucks per month, otherwise if you attend college they allow free use for students and teachers, thats how i been using it for years now.
My advice is that you find an real internship this time anon, then you can see how things work in real life. The internet with its endless courses can be overwhelming and you don't even know which to focus on. Not to mention, if you have a neet mindset, most likely you will quit half way and never get things done. Going to an internship at least can train you some kind of discipline.
>>15087
Thanks anon im trying things you mentioned. I kinda messed up big time, for a long time, but i really want to change. I still have a lot to learn, but at least i think i have learnt and improved a bit from these mistakes i made the past years. I never could stay in a company for long, and i might even fail this one too, but im not giving up. Taking internship dev position at this place really opened my mind to a lot of things, and how i never was able to get something this good early on. Kids younger than me are much better than me, but at least they are forgiving and i can learn a lot from them.