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RE: Is no longer fun to be a freelancer
Been on upwork for a while so I know exactly what you are talking about when you speak about places that are cheaper to live in. I make pretty good money in my country of residence but I can't really live well in the US with the same money. There are clients who are also exploiting these people because there is so much competition. But then again when you give a worker too much/little you get what you pay for, or so I like to believe. Either way I feel safer working online...except when I see news about extreme weather or corruption trying to mess with the internet.
My bad, if you're on upwork you clearly know what I'm talking about. You've seen the exploitation first hand. I started on Elance before it merged with upwork. Now is twice the competition that it was before. Don't get me wrong, working online is awesome. Finding work is not. My advice is to never get comfortable working full time for only one client. It's cool especially if you like it, but on the long run your portfolio will suffer and basically you'll have to start from zero.