I am thinking of doing freelance web development and I’m currently building my portfolio for it. However, I don’t have any degree at all and I live in an expensive country. My friend however says that I still might have a chance if I make good quality stuff. Right now I’m even working on creating a video platform website similar to YouTube (with it being fully functional) just to impress potential customers.

Would that work?

  • freelance_n_230487@lemmy.mlOP
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    11 hours ago

    Unsolicited advise incoming: Do you have any relevant work experience or are you even an employee? Of so: Great! Hold on to your job to as long as possible or get one.

    I don’t have a job and I have been trying to find one for like 2y now. The job market here in my country (Canada) is so messed up thanks to the government and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Thanks to the government for flooding the job market with way too many immigrants from the 3rd world who are happy to work like slaves for less than the regular minimum wage, subsidizing up to like 30% of their wages, intentionally not punishing the businesses for fraudulently selling LMIA’s (which is illegal) for very high prices, and also allowing them to make a whole lot of money from giving the immigrants a whole lot of PR’s! And the government keeps bringing them in for votes.

    I have tried getting a job at places like McDonald’s, Tim Hortons, Bar Burrito, the local grocery stores, bakery shops, .etc, but with no success. The people who work at these places are mostly immigrants from the 3rd world.

    And yes, I have also tried asking my friends if their company is hiring, but that didn’t work out, thanks to the government for destroying the economy as well.

    Don’t have anything against the immigrants themselves, it’s just the bad government policies and greedy companies.