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@Kak - this is why there are freelancing posts here. I get they can be annoying, and certainly not CENTS based Fastlanes, but they don't force me to lose perspective.
Many of the newbies here are not American, likely because my books are newer in places where there are translations, for example, India where TMF was released in 2019.
This gentleman lives in Pakistan where jobs pay a few bucks per hour. There is no demand for Power washing and landscape services. And if there was, they'd pay $2/hour. A successful freelancer there might as well be paid as well as an American doctor.
What do you suggest for him? Avoid freelancing because an American entrepreneur living in his gated community with thousands of options available to him says so? I'm not being facetious, I'm genuinely curious how someone with limited options around him might gain some experience and capital.
Remember, offering a service or labor in Pakistan yields Pakistan rates. You can power wash your neighbor's windows for 4 schillings and buy a candy bar at the local street bazzar, or build a website for Joe American Dentist for $500, for one month's wages.
Our answers as Americans' cannot be the same as our answers to someone who lives in Mumbai or Islamabad.
Many of the newbies here are not American, likely because my books are newer in places where there are translations, for example, India where TMF was released in 2019.
This gentleman lives in Pakistan where jobs pay a few bucks per hour. There is no demand for Power washing and landscape services. And if there was, they'd pay $2/hour. A successful freelancer there might as well be paid as well as an American doctor.
What do you suggest for him? Avoid freelancing because an American entrepreneur living in his gated community with thousands of options available to him says so? I'm not being facetious, I'm genuinely curious how someone with limited options around him might gain some experience and capital.
Remember, offering a service or labor in Pakistan yields Pakistan rates. You can power wash your neighbor's windows for 4 schillings and buy a candy bar at the local street bazzar, or build a website for Joe American Dentist for $500, for one month's wages.
Our answers as Americans' cannot be the same as our answers to someone who lives in Mumbai or Islamabad.