Okay, thanks for clarifying. The title of the Post threw me off of the idea it was a job and not a career.
Lots of ways to do that. Being a developer at an Agency would give you experience following directions and taking orders while mostly working independently, so not much experience in the world of business. Some of the best early jobs I had that introduced me to the world of business was working at small ‘mom and pop’ types of places, such as a restaurant or a Fudge shop. Working alongside the business owner in an intimate environment (ie: not remotely) was the best way of getting insight into the world of business.
Try to get a job at a startup/company that needs Bubble developers, not a development agency
You can make money while travelling and working remotely, but you will not gain anywhere near the amount of experience you would working in an office alongside the business owner.
Max paycheck is directly related to the number of hours a day, so there will be a max inherently, unless you are operating your own business in which you can increase your paycheck by bringing on my staff that produce more stuff that get sold to more clients (can be development agency, SaaS or any other company that produces ‘widgets’)
No matter what you will be. Developers and Agencies price the app/software development on a basis of ‘how many hours is this likely to take to build’ and ‘what do we charge per hour?’
Keep doing what you are doing. If you are really into it, that is great and will lead you to try really hard to continuously get better. Once you are good enough start promoting your services and/or looking for developer roles.
Always keep an eye on the future, so if Bubble is introducing you to a world of work you enjoy (ie: similar to creating mini games and online games), then you can spend the time to learn what you need to know to become either a game developer or a developer that uses traditional code. People who know traditional code, are those that are likely to be building the types of software that AI can not.
Saturation is another term for High Competition. Get used to it. There are 7+ billion people on an ever increasing interconnected global economy. Set yourself apart by being more capable than others, which might require taking more time than others to become more of an expert in a field than others.
You should consider looking into having a backup plan. Travelling the world is addicting and costly depending on your style (when I was backpacking I went to the cheapest hostels possible and ate local foods to stretch my travel dollars). Making a transition back to your home country and it’s workforce can be tricky if you had spent enough time abroad without upskilling yourself. If Bubble development in the next 4-5 years becomes much less lucrative, and you’ve become accustomed to living a certain lifestyle, you will need a way to continue to earn the same amount you had to maintain your lifestyle. Without a backup plan, or some kind of formal education/certification you can use to fall back on to easily enter the workforce in another industry or role, you set yourself up for some pretty hard times.
BTW, there is absolutely nothing wrong with making decisions when young that may ultimately set you way back when you are older if things don’t pan out the way you expected. When you are 25 you have time to ‘bounce back’, when you are 30, 35, 40 you have time to ‘bounce back’ but the opportunities to ‘bounce back’ severely dwindled past 40.
When I was 25 I was doing things that other people said would lead to severe consequences. I thought I had foresight into the future and would be positioned well. Turns out I was wrong. Nevertheless I had a degree in Finance from Business school that I could fall back on, or at the very least use the education/experience from it in applying to my own business ventures. At 28 I decided while backpacking in Thailand to live in Thailand to attempt starting my own business. At 16 I told my father my ‘life plan’ was to graduate University, work for 10 years to save enough to move abroad to a laid back tropical paradise and start my own small business. I am now 40 years old, live on one of the best islands in the world in Thailand, own a few of my own small businesses and see myself as having ‘bounced back’ from the setbacks I created at the age of 25.
Life is long enough that you have time to correct for mistakes, but short enough that you really need to live it while you can. Travelling while young is 1,000 times better than travelling while retired (given you don’t retire early).