Freelance now, or hold out for full-time — the choice nobody explains until it's too late to switch
A free 60-minute live session. Software engineer Delbert Kipyegon breaks down the fork every junior developer hits: chase freelance work now, or hold out for full-time. Not the theory version — what each path actually gives you at the beginner stage, and what it quietly costs. Bring your real situation.
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Freelance or Full-Time: What Each One Actually Costs a Junior Dev
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What the hour looks like
No slides read aloud. A feature, built.
The session in three movements — watch it happen live, then do it yourself with the template.
Forty minutes of live coding — a real feature on a real Next.js app.
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The per-request costs nobody puts in the tutorial.
You leave with the template — and your questions answered.
What you'll leave with
Worth sixty minutes of your Saturday
A clear picture of both paths at the junior stage
Not the senior-developer version. What each path actually looks like when you have less than two years of experience.
The real numbers
What junior freelancers actually earn in their first year. What junior full-time roles actually pay. No made-up ranges.
A decision framework you can use tonight
Three questions to ask yourself that cut through the noise and match your actual circumstances.
Answers to your specific situation
Live Q&A at the end. Delbert answers based on what he has seen work and fail, not theory.
Run of show
Sixty minutes, minute by minute
The fork
Why every junior developer hits the same decision point, and why most of the advice online is from people who already made it.
What freelance actually gives you early on
The real income, the real clients, the real timeline before it pays rent. No survivorship bias.
What full-time actually gives you early on
Salary, mentorship, structure, and the things nobody warns you about until month three.
The hidden costs of each path
What freelance quietly takes from your skill growth. What full-time quietly takes from your independence. The tradeoffs that only show up six months in.
Your questions
Open Q&A. Bring your actual situation, not a hypothetical.
From past sessions
Developers keep coming back
I'd watched five tutorials and shipped nothing. One session here and my feature was live the following week.
The cost breakdown alone was worth it. Nobody else shows you the actual numbers before you commit.
Free, live, and they answered my exact question about my own app in the Q&A. I registered for the next one on the spot.
500+ developers in the McTaba Discord between sessions — comparing notes, finding accountability partners, staying ahead.
Questions
The honest answers
Is it really free?
Yes. Webinars are how we show our teaching before you pay for anything. No card, no trial, no catch.
Will there be a recording?
Yes. Every registrant gets the recording by email within 24 hours. Register even if Wednesday evening does not work.
Do I need to be experienced?
This session is aimed at junior developers and career switchers. If you are deciding between freelance and full-time, you are the target audience.
Is this a sales pitch?
The last five minutes cover how to go deeper with McTaba if you want to. The first 55 are the actual content.
This isn't a one-off
Every week. Always free.
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