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Had a discovery score of three weeks ago and zero clue what that number even meant.
Posted once. Got one review from a developer I've worked with. Score jumped to 50 overnight. Felt very "number go up, dopamine go brrr."
Then Contra flagged one of my other reviews because ? Plot twist, my client is a genuinely great guy who happens to be 60+ and has never once opened LinkedIn. Spent two days emailing proof back and forth just to convince the contra team that a real human hired me.
Nobody warns you that building a profile here is 50% showcasing your best work and 50% proving your clients aren't AI.
More reviews landing this week. Score, please keep going up.
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Top 1% of creatives on Contra with a 195 score 🎉 What I'm most excited about is who's showing up because of it: new clients, designers, new conversations, projects I wouldn't have found on my own. Grateful, and ready for more.
Huge congrats! 🎉 Top 1% is an incredible milestone.
I’ve earned over $1M on Contra, and now I’m opening up the profile behind that number.
The Contra Handbook is live.
It brings together how I present my work, structure my services and make it easier for a client to understand what they can hire me for.
And making it meant putting my own profile under inspection.
There was a typo in my title. 20 services that needed cutting down. 14 products with no reviews between them. Those changes are part of the course. You watch me work through them on screen, with the reasoning behind each decision.
Across eight modules, you work through your own profile too. Each chapter ends with something concrete to change, and the final module brings it into a 90-day plan.
You get the videos, written Handbook, profile scorecard, role specific guidance and access to The Ledger, the private course group.
If you’ve put real effort into your work and want your Contra profile to represent it properly, this is for you.
Hug earning Legend nice work 🔥🔥 I like your work structure ❤️❤️
A small milestone I’m happy to share: my Contra Discovery Score reached 167, placing me in the top 1% of creatives on the platform.
I don’t read too much into rankings, but it’s nice to see consistent work and good client relationships reflected in something tangible.
Grateful to the people I’ve had the chance to work with, and looking forward to continuing to build useful products and improve along the way.
Congratulations
