I only made $3.50 an hour · AI Automation Society

I only made $3.50 an hour

I only made $3.50 an hour picking strawberries at 13 years old. I ended up working 180 hours that summer so I could buy myself an iPhone 4. It was well worth it, and the same job helped me finance my own computer as well.

Most people scoff at this. $3.50 an hour, why would you do that? For me it didn't matter, because I had a goal and was ready to do whatever it took to achieve it. The same mindset helped me land my first $5 job on Upwork 6 months ago, where I debugged a client's system in 3 hours. And yes, you're not going to get rich doing $5 gigs, I get that.

But I had a goal, and I was ready to set aside my ego. Because by doing that, I made $6k last month and this month is looking even more promising. I now have multiple clients giving me full freedom to work on what I want. Looking back, the $5 job was the stepping stone to get here. Instead of seeing it as a bad thing, I saw it as something that would help me in the future.

I see people offering automation left and right but not managing to get any clients. I even know some who have been in this space for a full year and made $0. So the question I ask myself is what am I willing to do to make it work. Because I'd rather not spend years spinning my wheels and making zero progress.

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