Short Q&As with freelancers who already charge $100+/hour. What they pitch, what they decline, how long it took. 5 stories so far.
I spent four years writing for content mills at $0.08/word — roughly $30/hour if I worked fast. I crossed $100/hour the year I stopped calli…
I started as a freelance UI designer in 2017, charging £35/hour. By 2022 I was at £60/hour and stuck — the market for pixel-pushing was gett…
Twelve years of writing code professionally. The first eight, I billed $50–80 per hour as a generalist. The last four, I narrowed to Rails-f…
I was a freelance no-code consultant charging $60/hour two years ago — Bubble, Airtable, the usual. Then ChatGPT happened, and within six mo…
Five years ago I was writing meta descriptions for an agency at the equivalent of $18/hour, dollar-converted from PLN. I crossed $100/hour t…