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28d • Business & Strategy 🧠
The "I Don't Know How To Code" Excuse Is Keeping You Broke 🔥
Someone DMed me: "I'd love to start automating but I don't know how to code."
Neither did I when I started.
HERE'S WHAT I ACTUALLY NEEDED TO LEARN:
1. HOW TO COPY/PASTE API credentials (5 minutes)
2. HOW TO TEST a workflow with sample data (10 minutes)
3. HOW TO READ basic JSON (20 minutes)
4. HOW TO USE workflow automation tools (2 hours of playing around)
That's it. That's the "technical knowledge" required to build document automation workflows that clients pay $1,200-2,500 for.
MY FIRST CLIENT WORKFLOW (zero code):
1. Gmail Trigger - "when email arrives with PDF attachment"
2. PDF Vector Parse Document - "convert PDF to text"
3. PDF Vector Extract Structured Document - "pull out invoice data using this schema"
4. Google Sheets - "add row with extracted data"
5. Gmail - "send confirmation email"
NO CODE WRITTEN. Just connected pre-built blocks and configured settings.
THE ONLY "CODE" I USE:
JSON Schemas (which is just describing what data you want):
{
"invoice_number": "string",
"total_amount": "number",
"due_date": "string"
}
That's not programming. That's filling out a form.
TOOLS THAT NEED ZERO CODING:
- Make.com - Drag and drop visual builder
- Zapier - Step-by-step wizard interface
- n8n - Node-based visual workflow (slightly more technical but still no code)
ACTUAL "TECHNICAL SKILLS" THAT MATTER:
1. Problem identification - Seeing document pain points
2. Process mapping - Understanding current vs automated flow
3. Logical thinking - If this, then that
4. Testing mindset - Try it, see what breaks, fix it
5. Client communication - Explaining what you built
Notice how "write Python code" isn't on that list?
THE FIRST WORKFLOW I EVER BUILT:
Time: 47 minutes (including watching a YouTube tutorial)
Client paid: $800
My "coding": Changed email addresses and spreadsheet IDs in pre-built templates
Resources that helped me:
- Make.com templates
- n8n workflows
- Zapier automations
YOU'RE NOT "NOT TECHNICAL ENOUGH"
You're just using it as an excuse to avoid starting. The first workflow feels scary. The second one feels easy. By the third, you're getting paid.
Someone with ZERO coding experience can build profitable document automation workflows in a weekend. I've seen it dozens of times in this community.
Stop waiting to "learn to code." Start copying templates and changing the variables. That's literally all you need.
What document workflow could you build this weekend by copying a template?
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