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I'm lucky, Top 5% overall, mostly with a few quick steps.
1. Having at least one good product and one good service posted, and making sure they hit the standards Contra has for profiles.
2. Having my first Contra Verified project I was hired for over $750, which is a drastic boost.
3. Interacting publicly with other creators, which builds my skill/knowledge, and boosts my score as well.
bonus: the final helper of course was just getting my first payout milestone (1k), but the first 3 are what got me there.
ps, I would love to connect and work together or just chat about projects and processes in freelance work!
Woah weldone Trey, i am still at 95 and can't wait to get ,my first project.
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Congrats, top 15% is a solid milestone. Was there a specific stretch of work or a change in habits that pushed the score up, or has it been more of a slow steady climb from just staying consistent?
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I am now building an MCP wrapper for Signalwatch. The right internship even pays $20 - $30 per hour. Previously, the highest I earned per hour was $2.2.
It was not earning more dollars that got me on this path. It was a clique that probably played a prank and told me that a person from wher I come from should not handle queries from certain big clients. long story..., and a positive outcome.
It is a lifetime journey now.
Now I want to know what Rest API’s are… I don’t know if it’s related to my field
July so far
I completed 5 projects, Clients are satisfied. Sharing more updates soon