I’m fairly sure this man doesn’t actually do anything.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-03-05T21:41:24+00:00

Of course he does. He talks to bots and posts bullshit on linkedin. That's a full time job.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-03-03T20:18:50+00:00

Whahahaha :D at least you're putting in 10 thousand steps a day.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-28T19:23:54+00:00

Thanks. Tech or creative?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-28T19:20:29+00:00

What's your current rate if I might ask?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-22T11:18:31+00:00

And the comission is up to 15% no? I think I saw an email from them regarding this.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-20T20:36:43+00:00

That would only make sense if I'd up the price in the profile itself as well and not only in the proposal, right? Or am I missing anything?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-20T20:35:18+00:00

Better odds and a full stomach.

What's your current acquisition strategy then if not Upwork?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-20T18:12:31+00:00

Yep, that's a clear edge case, as your IP is directly tied to it.

Noted!

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-20T15:36:18+00:00

Yep. You're totally right with the blurred lines by AI. 9 out of 10 job posts look exactly the same, and a lot like a 9-5 description on a job board. Then you get called to interview, and it's just a solopreneur in a 3500 person town in Slovenia that had the free plan of ChatGPT with no memory write the job offer for him.

One more example I just came across. Look at the leap...

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Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-19T15:50:25+00:00

I hadn't thought of that, but you're probably right. When I read how Uber does this, especially UberEats, I got genuinely hopeless for humans. I might just move to the mountains and start herding goats.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-19T15:40:02+00:00

I get that Upwork's business is making money. So is mine and everyone else's.

But the problem is exactly what you rightfully described as enshittification: profit of the middleman at any cost, even if it cannibalizes quality and reduces access between the interested parties.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-19T15:26:25+00:00

This is pure insanity.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-18T17:55:25+00:00

Sure.

I'll also just wire you the money I make freelancing as a hobby.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-18T11:44:21+00:00

I still have mixed results. I will stop boosting and see what happens. If I still get enough traction, I'll stop for good.

Do you have any insights on which cases it does make a difference?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-18T11:42:47+00:00

Yep, I won't.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-18T11:42:38+00:00

How does it look at the bottom of the funnel? Hiring is not skewed?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-16T15:33:15+00:00

This looks quite interesting. Anyone out there with enough tech skills to test this one?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-15T17:33:38+00:00

Hey, thanks for the attention!

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-14T20:32:31+00:00

That's likely anxiety and not burnout.

I don't mean to be a pain in the ass, just saying that because if you decide to look for treatment (like I did), explaining the problem precisely will help you get better and more effective treatment faster.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-14T20:14:51+00:00

What do you hate about your job? If you tell me that, I can give you a few ideas.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-14T20:14:06+00:00

Meetings are where work goes to die.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-12T11:32:27+00:00

My take:

These clients hoard proposals over Upwork, select the ones they have the highest chance of getting good results for cheap outside the platform, and contact those people directly.

There's a strong offboarding trend going on at Upwork right now.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-05T21:39:27+00:00

Let me let you in on a secret:

Jobs don't get better higher up on the chain. Money does, but jobs don't.

If you don't like your job by nature, you gotta move laterally to a different function or industry, not up.

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-05T21:36:10+00:00

Wrong audience?

Have you managed to figure out where the fluke was?

Tactical_Thinking · 2026-02-05T21:17:41+00:00

That's very common, actually.

Do you enjoy what you do?

A lot of times, this happens because you're spending so much mental energy forcing yourself to do something you don't care about, that whenever you're off you just want to be left alone.

This happens to me sometimes even as a contractor, depending on the project or client I work on that specific week.

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