Freelancing, iOS development, Career choices and lot more

Hi friends! This week’s video is a podcast interview. I was on The Mayank Show and we discussed Freelancing, iOS development, Career choices, and a lot more.

Mayank Gupta channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPgfAA83ROUVM-E3NCY154A
Audio Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eV77WEnUJHRN93hIPQNe3?si=Q4WyWvYQStCLDkp0H1R0bw

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:01 Career History
4:50 How to take tough career change decisions
9:50 What is freelancing
12:20 How to start a career as a freelancer
14:38 Tips to get your first client
20:50 Communication with customers
23:26 How not to deal with a client
23:50 Tips to connect with similar community people
26:04 Twitter & Instagram growth hacks
29:35 Growth on Youtube
34:33 Time management
36:55 How to stick to a plan – prioritization
41:30 Is switching careers at any age a wrong thing to do?
43:00 Find you’re WHY?
44:50 FAANG is overrated?
48:30 Invest in your self and tools
50:20 Goal/Progress tracking techniques
54:54 Book recommendations & How does reading help you in building a strong mindset
59:08 Advice to 18 yrs old version of Aivars
1:02:37 Outro