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What It's About
An designer downloads a way to create new apps—no coding required!
Words of Wisdom
Karla says to start now so you stand out from the crowd. Don’t wait until more people start developing no-code apps. She predicts it will soon be a common tech skill to have.
Fun Fact
As of December 2021, there was a combined total of almost 16 million apps available across all App Stores, including Apple, Google Play, and Amazon.
Notes from Chris
Episode 1823
Karla Fernandes began her career as a graphic designer at age fifteen, learning everything she could about layout and print for newspapers, magazines, and corporate materials. From there, it was an easy migration to digital media where she learned HTML and backend programming languages. She loved the creative process—and soon realized there were a lot of bad web designers out there. Karla wanted to do better. So way back in 2006 she quit her job to open her own UX/UI business where she improves how users interact with web-based products. She called it Vitamina K. In 2020, Karla was taking an educational vacation. This is something she does every year. She dedicates an entire month to learning something new. This time, she had learned about no-code development a few months earlier and in December she started using a tool called Bravo Studio which allowed her to create apps with no coding needed. While Bravo Studio is free to use, Karla upgraded to a $399 package that removed the company’s branding and gave her other benefits. How does it work? Well, when you’re creating a regular app, you need to write complex scripts that have logic and rules behind them to make the app do what you want it to do. This is a long process, and you might need two different development teams: one for Android, and one for Apple’s operating system. It could take anywhere from six months to two years to get your app ready to market. Karla began getting app development clients by reaching out to people while she was still learning how to do it herself. After she had a few apps of her own under her belt, people started coming to her. As a new Bravo Studio expert, she’s featured on their website and people can hire her to complete an app project for them. She’ll also troubleshoot any issues people are having, or even teach them how to use the tool themselves. What does this add up to? Between the apps, the freelance work, and her new class, Karla’s earning about $6,000 per month [ what about the actual apps though? how much does ScarfApp bring in?]from her no-code, app-making project. Not bad at all for something that came from a month-long educational vacation!MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Learn more about Karla and her no-code app work at her website, Vitaminak.Design.
- No Code, No Problem: Easy-to-Build Apps for Everyone: While waiting in line at a food truck, this Miami man discovers a way to build professional looking apps without learning how to code. He now earns a substantial side income building them for clients.
- Clean Eating App Leads to Relatable Results: Two Aussie friends create a profitable app to encourage flexible clean eating.
- Engineer Invents Podcast Alarm Clock: When an engineer searches for the perfect way to start his day, he ends up inventing a way to be woken up by his favorite podcasts.
Quote of the Day
"Don't wait so that many more get to know this, before you know this won't differentiate you, it will be just as common as other skills are now."
—Karla Fernandes #SideHustleSchool
