Demanding 3-5 years of experience for an "entry-level" role makes zero sense. Hiring teams get so

Demanding 3-5 years of experience for an "entry-level" role makes zero sense. Hiring teams get soDemanding 3-5 years of experience for an "entry-level" role makes zero sense. Hiring teams get so

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Habiquell

• Jun 30

Demanding 3-5 years of experience for an "entry-level" role makes zero sense.

Hiring teams get so caught up on timeline counts that they overlook real capability. You can easily train someone on a specific workflow, but you can’t manufacture genuine drive and modern execution.

Look at the actual output, not just the years on a resume.

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Kai Rogers

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• Sep 21

Always dreamed of being a freelance designer & dev. Pretty amazing to be finally living those dreams! Thanks @Contra HQ @Ben Huffman

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Agha Noor

• Sep 21

Huge congrats, Kai! Top 1% with 230 pts is massive super inspiring for freelance designers like us just starting out. What’s the one thing that helped you boost your discovery score the most?

Stephen Kolawole

pro

• Sep 22

For a long time, I thought the goal of freelancing was simple:

Get clients. Do good work. Get paid. Find the next client.

I'm starting to think differently.

The goal isn't just to become a better funnel builder.

It's to build a business around the skills I already have.

Funnels. GoHighLevel. Kajabi. Websites. Automation. CRO.

And turn those skills into:

→ Systems → Templates → SOPs → Productized services → Recurring revenue → Eventually, a team

I don't want every new client to mean starting from zero.

I want every project to make the next project easier.

That's the kind of leverage I'm working toward.

Asif Aleem

pro

• 1d

The line about every project making the next one easier is the whole game. What moved the needle for me was turning repeat work into productized packages with a fixed scope and a starter file, so I stop re-scoping the same thing each time. The templates and SOPs also make a...