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one thing that really helped me is working out, when you are building muscles, the result is only visible after a few months, that is how i got to enjoy and grasp the benefits of delayed gratification
what are you guys looking for in a frontend engineer ? any junior positions available ? i'm looking for a position in berlin, i'm competent but with no work experience :)
minify your css, uglify your js and you're good to go. the visual part of your code will be available anyway, that's how the browser knows how to render your app.
when i comes to monetize, that depends on what kind of application you're making, just like a website you can use freemium model, a premium one, you can run ads on it.. as i said, it greatly depends on the type of extension you're creating