The ugly truth about beginning freelance web development

Freelance web development can make you a lot of money. It also has a dark side. Are you up for the challenge?

In this video I’m going to share with you the story of one of my earliest clients, who turned out to be a real piece of work and made me want to walk away.

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When something goes wrong early on, it’s easy to let the failure stain your perception of your career for the worse.

One negative experience can make people quit freelancing – unfortunately, many people have quit because of that.

However, the most important thing you can do in this situation is to learn from it and press on.

Your head will hurt, you’ll have days where you’re absolutely exhausted, but don’t give up.

Your dream is worth more than that.

No doubt, dealing with low-quality clients like the ones I dealt with at the start of my career is soul-sucking, but honestly, it’s a part of every business.

The important part of it is to put everything into perspective, focus on your dream and realize that negative people aren’t going to personally help you reach your goals.

They never do.

Transform negativity as professionally as possible and press on, using that energy to fuel greatness. _Disclosure: I am an affiliate for Amazon, Udemy, Hostinger, Namecheap, Digital Ocean, Cloudways, and Educative.io. If you purchase something through one of my links, I may receive compensation._