freelancing
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How to get your first client
The Boy Nobody Passed the Ball To The first time Emeka scored in front of two hundred people, nobody cheered. Not because the goal wasn’t good. They were simply too busy arguing about whether he was actually supposed to be on the pitch. It was a Saturday afternoon at the community football field, and the…
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Platforms to start
The Client Who Asked, “Where Can I Find You?” The first time Tobi’s work went viral, he almost missed it because he was outside his apartment arguing with his internet provider. His phone kept buzzing while he stood in the compound waving his router in the air as though it had personally offended him. “What…
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Skills that pay (writing, design, coding)
The Ergonomic Chair Incident The police officer asked Marcus if he could explain why he was walking down 4th Avenue at 11:45 PM carrying a $1,200 Herman Miller Aeron chair on his back like a tortoise shell. “Technically,” Marcus said, wiping sweat from his forehead, “it’s part of my severance package.” It wasn’t. But when…