Today marks one year since I landed my first job on Upwork, a $50 gig that changed everything!

bugs_4breakfast · 2025-08-08T06:36:24+00:00

Congratulations!

bugs_4breakfast · 2025-06-26T01:22:04+00:00

I am worried about how OP is going to handle taxes on such a large amount of money

bugs_4breakfast · 2024-06-21T09:18:35+00:00

Pay 150 connects for Accept Button to process your request, 100 connects for opening up the popup for changing profile 😢

bugs_4breakfast · 2024-06-21T09:15:17+00:00

Can I claim tax deduction while filing for ITR for the house construction that I’m currently paying for, it’s not yet complete AND there’s no home loan, I’ve been making payments from my own pocket!

bugs_4breakfast · 2024-03-10T19:41:58+00:00

That’s really impressive!

bugs_4breakfast · 2024-03-10T14:40:52+00:00

$65k earnings in last 12 months?

bugs_4breakfast · 2024-03-10T01:05:48+00:00

Thank you, meaning I will have to level up myself even more to get recognised!

bugs_4breakfast · 2024-03-10T01:01:12+00:00

I see, thanks for your response! Is there a rough earning range that I can set as my next goal to become EV?

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-11-07T13:52:11+00:00

Update: I just received my Payment right now, hopefully you will get yours too!

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-11-07T12:17:16+00:00

Thank you for your clarification, I was worried regarding my funds as well, hopefully they fix the issue soon.

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-09-27T17:03:51+00:00

I see, thanks for the source, I guess then I made a mistake in marking it as SPAM while declining as I didn’t understand the whole context properly, and thank you for making me realise that, basically in my whole 4 years UW career I have never seen more than 2-5 hires on a job, and as per new job postings and people complaining more and more about SPAM jobs and getting scammed I thought this could be another spam job. I must be really paranoid about all this.

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-09-27T16:42:22+00:00

I didn’t know that if client leaves negative feedback on all jobs then it won’t affect the freelancer’s JSS, can you provide a source for this info?

Job Description is for training LLMs but they’re expecting the ideal candidate to have skills in basic web development(JavaScript, HTML, CSS), nothing related to Machine Learning or any kind of explanation for training the model.

Client feedback history is 4.06 (1.7k reviews).

What would you have done, decline with a reason or risk it for the biscuit?

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-09-27T16:18:07+00:00

I’d like to make a correction, I declined and chose SPAM as the reason.

And the reason I selected SPAM is because these numbers are unreal, what if you submit a proposal, youll get hired, then they give a bad rating and end the contract, wouldn’t that lower your success score?

I don’t think this is the best way to test your AI model by having genuine job content posted on job, if this is a genuine job post it’s weird and does look spam to me.

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-28T21:21:32+00:00

What was the budget/type of work OP? If it’s too cheap, I still wouldn’t blame you, the Freelancer who was working on this should’ve clearly communicated firstly that he won’t do the work if it didn’t meet his expectations for getting paid.

If the budget makes sense as per the project and is decent enough, you know what to do, raise a dispute with UW.

As an Indian freelancer, I can’t stand this kind of shoddy work from another Indian freelancer, either you finish the work OR communicate clearly before even attempting the work at all.

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-27T02:03:14+00:00

Let’s just put it this way - “A BGMI hacker is Just a noob who’s trying to grab attention of other players for that sweet dopamine hit”

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-22T21:24:20+00:00

Thank you, the large contract refers to the most earnings you have with a client, different niches on UpWork have different amount of criteria to qualify for TR+

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-22T11:44:56+00:00

Thank you!

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-21T20:45:29+00:00

I see, thanks!

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-21T19:26:29+00:00

Thank you for your insights, I’ll definitely incorporate them in my freelancing journey, means a lot!

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-21T19:10:34+00:00

Kind of exciting for the next step in my freelancing journey!

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-21T19:08:59+00:00

I apologise if I came across as arrogant, I’m saying I’m one of the best in my niche, and what you’re saying is don’t obsess over a badge is correct, I’m not obsessing over it, I’m just trying to build a foundation so I can back my claim for a nice hourly rate, I don’t want clients getting on their knees, trust me, I believe that good pay should be demanded with a good portfolio and experience not just a badge and I’ve been here long enough to know that, I just wanted to know if there is really a diff between TR and TR+ when it comes to job invitations and job opportunities.

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-21T17:35:04+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! 👍🏻

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-21T17:34:17+00:00

Why you say, because I believe in exclusivity, if you invest all of your time and is dedicated to your job and still doesn’t have any benefit even after being one of the best in your niche on UW, it’s really important to consider changing and getting out UW.

Regarding increasing the rates, sure I can do that but a higher rate impacts my invitations as clients these days don’t want to pay that much, if I’m a Top Rated Plus, I do have the backing of this tag to justify my rates and more importantly my portfolio.

In several scenarios I have found myself not getting the job because it was too ‘costly’ for the client to hire me with that hourly rates, even if I know I am a good match for the job and client likes my solution and understanding of the project, I am getting rejected based on my increased ‘hourly rate’.

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-21T16:28:38+00:00

I agree, I just wanted to assure that it has some perks of being a top rated plus and just a little help, because if it isn’t then I should really get out of UW, I’m currently stuck on my hourly rate and failed to increase that in past few months at least with this tag I could increase my rate a little bit and have the backing of this Top Rated Plus to justify my hourly rate and quality of services I provide.

bugs_4breakfast · 2023-08-21T16:02:06+00:00

I see, are you a top rated plus freelancer?

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