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𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟔𝟖 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬
Recently someone told me: “you only show wins.”
So today 𝐈’𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 😶🌫️😭 that was silently holding my profile back 👇
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My Discovery score jumped from 127 → 145 And Profile quality went from 62% → 100%
And here’s what actually happened:
I didn’t “grow overnight” I fixed something I didn’t even know was broken
You can actually reduce your score if your case studies are not structured correctly.
In my case, my work cases were silently underperforming, and I had no idea 😳
⚠️✅ Here’s what I learned (so you don’t repeat this):
📌 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 → don’t just place visuals → add short text blocks between sections (context matters)
📌𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬 → don’t upload single images only → add at least 2 visuals + description text
📌 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞: → at least ~150 characters of description → clear structure → no “empty” uploads
If you have Contra Pro — you’ll see warnings about what’s wrong. If not — you might not even notice that score reduced
I honestly wish I knew this earlier.
✅ So I fixed it → and this is the result above.
Also, I’m currently at 𝟒𝟒𝟔 / 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 still building this challenge step by step.
And now a small ask:
If you like my work please support my new submission in the #Wonderchallenge 🙏❤️ https://on.contra.com/PdDPjB ❤️ Let’s continue building and learning in public.
🐐 + 💬 = ❤️
Cool😊
YAYYYY!!!! A win is a win guys.
Here's hoping that the next time is gonna be the first prize.
Super elated, can you tell?💃🏻
The Renoise Challenge is officially wrapped! Big shoutout to everyone who participated, liked, commented, shared, and scrolled through 🙌
Congratulations to the winners:
🥇 1st place: Mr dejie
🥈 2nd place: Vishnu Nettem
🥉 3rd place: Stas Tatarinov
✨ Community Promoter: Leo Anthonio
🤩 Community Favorite: Chhavi Malik
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