Great article Matilda,

The key in this I noticed is you should already be doing the type of work you want to get paid for.

If you’re not experienced, do some free work to build up a portfolio. I can almost guarantee none of those jobs you mentioned would’ve worked out had you not put in the effort beforehand and had examples to show.

People say they have been emailing and DM’ing people to get work and it just doesn’t happen…because they don’t have the portfolio to back up their proposal if they do get a reply.

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. — Whitney M. Young