new to @Contra 👋 who are the must-follow people here? looking to connect with talented designers...

new to @Contra 👋 who are the must-follow people here? looking to connect with talented designers...new to @Contra 👋 who are the must-follow people here? looking to connect with talented designers...

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Jay Rajput

• 7h

new to @Contra 👋

who are the must-follow people here?

looking to connect with talented designers, framer experts, founders, and freelancers who consistently share valuable insights.

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faiz 🍉

• Jul 21

hey contra community, just starting here, let's see how it goes 🍉

Abdullah Eroğlu

pro

• Jul 21

Welcome to the Contra Faiz!

Nina Brylevych

pro

• Jul 21

100 followers 🎉

A month and a half ago, on June 5, I got serious about Contra. And now there are a hundred of us.

A bit of context. I've got 3+ years on Upwork behind me: $70K earned, Top Rated Plus, 100% Job Success. But over the last six months something broke. Fewer invites, shrinking budgets, client expectations through the roof, and the platform's fees just keep climbing. The strange part — I was doing exactly what I'd always done. It wasn't me. A lot of people are saying the same thing right now: Upwork isn't what it used to be.

At some point I just decided to stop knocking on a closed door and try something new. That's how I ended up here.

And yeah, I'm starting from zero again. Zero followers, zero reviews, building it all back up. A little scary, honestly. But in these six weeks: ✅ earned my first $1,000 on Contra ✅ got the Jitter Expert badge ✅ and my last post pulled 1.5K views and 3 Goats 🐐

So a 100 isn't just a number. It's a sign the new path works. Thank you to everyone who's been here from the start 💛

Onward 🚀

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Amir Ostowar

• Jul 21

Congrats! Wishing you many more milestones on Contra.

Harshita Shiroya

• 2d

Excited to join Contra University. As a brand designer, I've been exploring how AI tools fit into a process that still needs a strong creative point of view , using them to speed up research, moodboarding, and iteration, while keeping the strategic and visual decisions firmly human-led.

Would love to hear how other designers here are balancing AI-assisted efficiency with maintaining a distinct creative voice. What's worked well for you, and where do you still draw the line?