JavaEE + front-end (freelance) - real?

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Hello. I study at the university to be a programmer. 3rd course. There was an urgent need for money. I want to get into Junior Java EE, but the path to it is not close, and I need to pay for my studies now.
There was an idea in parallel to learn to typeset. It seems to be easier and faster, and then, due to freelancing, to stay afloat, in parallel finishing off Java.
Is it possible to study front-end and java at the same time, and is it worth it? (so in 6-8 months I would go to work as a junior)

Answer 1

The popularity of JavaEE in modern projects tends to zero - most of the existing frameworks are abandoning servlets and "interprices" in favor of vanilla Java with Netty, and there are quite a few reasons for this. Well, at least a much higher performance, in my personal experience somewhere around 1:30. Of the exceptions, Grails, Ninja framework are recalled. There are also dinosaurs like Struts and Wicket - they are often used "out of habit" with Spring, but there is not much practical benefit from this. In general, everyone has their own reasons for being "interpretive", but for the most part this is due to the "bureaucracy" of developer offices.
It is worth getting acquainted with Vert.x and ratpack.
Play2 is also good, but there is a significant overhead due to the use of Akka + Scala.
It is worth understanding GraphQL and Relay + React. Well, play a bit with Meteor + React.
At some point, you need to implement your own transport for the EventSource, I'm just going to do this in my free time.

Answer 2

With stupid layout now on freelance, it’s not good for a beginner to do..

Answer 3

Juniors, by definition, are not needed in freelancing. Freelancing is when the client solves X problem in Y time. Junior cannot provide a solution to the problem, he can offer a possible solution, which must be checked, approved and / or corrected by a more experienced developer. Actually, this is exactly what junior developers do in offices.
ps orders ala "shop for 1500r per week" or "attach a jquery gallery for 200r" is not a job, it's slave labor that will not bring you any money, much less experience.
ps what to do if there is no office work in your small town? Move to a big city, as millions of people have been doing for hundreds of years.