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Increase your worth as freelancer by providing value, not by lowering the price

by rms_returns on 5/22/19, 5:40 AM with 1 comments

  • by londons_explore on 5/22/19, 7:48 AM

    I have done the reverse.

    I will do freelance work on any project for 1 day for free, as long as:

    * It is a start to finish project. I won't finish off someone else's work or take on something I don't think I can get into a working state in a day. These are usually MVP type things.

    * It's available to the public. No company internal tooling.

    * The requestor will be about on the day. I want them to see me work.

    This policy has gotten me lots of later paid work, which I price pretty high.

    I consider it more as a demo of my abilities, and the first day of any project is usually the one you learn most in.