Codeable Review – October 2016

October marks my second month at Codeable. My first month was very quiet, mostly because I was still busy with other things in September, including WordCamp. I also took my time getting into the Codeable process, commenting on only a few smaller tasks. I closed my first small task mid October, so I’m considering October as my first official month as a Codeable developer.

It should be noted that due to my other commitments I only have an average of about 20 WordPress development hours available in a week, which I try to split between plugin development, blogging and Codeable work. This means I tend to focus on smaller projects that don’t require my time for longer than about 4 – 6 hours a day, unless the deadline is very flexible.

Fellow Codeable expert, WordCamp speaker and all around nice guy Nathan Ello believes “transparency trumps secrecy” and I tend to agree with him. With that in mind, below you will find my income and client reviews from Codeable for the month of October.

Show me the money

First, a quick calculation. Based on the minimum number of hours I have available for Codeable development (4) and the Codeable minimum suggested hourly rate of $60, I am aiming to earn about $720 per week or about $2800 per month. For some this may not be much, but for my situation it is an acceptable amount (for now). I am also basing my income for the month on the amount I can withdraw on the 25th of that month, so any project I get hired for during or after that day, or that gets paid out after that date, gets moved into the following month.

So how did October go? To be honest it wasnt amazing, but I am happy with it. I’m already on a good path to more than double my October income in November and I’ve more or less figured out a good balance between Codeable work and my other ventures.

My total Codeable income for October is $504.50. Now as you will agree that’s only about a quarter of my target amount above, but I really only closed those projects in the last week of October. I was also hired for a task of about $1000 in October that is still ongoing and I have another project of a little over $1000 lined up for November. So November is already close to my target within the first week.

Happiness report

More important than the money is how my clients view my work. As I don’t have a lot of closed tasks for October I don’t have a huge amount of reviews on my profile, but those that I do have are very positive.

“Jonathan is The Best! Very knowledgeable and Very Professional. He is the right man for all Tasks. Glad to find him here. :)”

“Perfect teamwork. Clear communication and perfect coding.”

“A star! Smashing tutor”

A few thanks

Getting through the first few months at Codeable wasn’t easy with my specific situation. I had a few ups and downs, and I probably wouldn’t have made it this far without the help of the Codeable support team (Chris, Raleigh, Liam, David and Per) and a few fellow developers (Justin, Robin, Panos and anyone else I’ve forgotten to mention, who make hanging out on the Codeable Slack a blast) who helped and guided me along the way. A special shout out to Justin who had a nice little chat with me on Slack one day and gave me the push I needed to get back up in the horse, thanks man!

October was OK, November is already looking good, here’s to wrapping up the year on a great footing to kick off 2017 with a bang at Codeable!