Jesse is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who is close to making a $1 million business while travelling the world. He's proof you don't need to go to college to learn coding or business. And you can travel the world while building a business which sustains your lifestyle. Read on for Jesse's coding, business and lifestyle tips.
Hey, so can you introduce yourself?
My name is Jesse Schoberg. I’m the CEO and co-founder of DropInBlog. I was born in the United States and have been location independent since 2008. I’ve visited / lived in over 40 countries and am currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. We launched DropInBlog in 2015 as a side project but it didn’t pick up traction until 2019. This year we’re on target to hit 7 figures e.g. $1,000,000.
Why did you learn to code?
It was early days. I was 19 and was starting to get interested in websites. So I built a few HTML sites using Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and a ton of nested tables :) This was before CSS and I didn’t really have any clue what I was doing.
How did you learn coding?
I learned everything just by Googling it. I started with static HTML, then got into PHP and then into frameworks like Laravel. I also got really into CSS and that actually became more my expertise. Eventually I stepped away from most of the back end code and let one of my co-founders head that up, but I still dabble a bit and also do a lot of front end.
