Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last

Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by ge96 on Monday September 26, 2016 @07:57AM (#12581071)

What is "poverty" ? I think I'm lucky to hit 20K but that's on me, an undereducated pleab.

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by SyneRyder on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @01:33PM (#12599578)

Poverty is certainly relative, depending on the cost of living where you live and your own circumstances. 20K is about half the minimum wage in Australia, but it'd be a lot in some Asian countries. Rural US is going to be cheaper than NYC & SF, and so on.

Psst: if you want people to be able to contact you (eg if they wanted to ask about your freelance web dev, job offers etc), you might want to add a URL / email / Twitter etc in your HN bio. Also, keep an eye on the HN 'ask' tab at the start of every month, in case you want to post in the "Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer?" threads, or look at the "Who's Hiring? (October 2016)" thread. Never know what opportunities can come your way from those.

Welcome to Hacker News!

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by ge96 on Thursday September 29, 2016 @11:51PM (#12610445)

Thanks a lot for the tips and welcome.

I am still figuring out how this site works ex. How to get notified of a response like this one.

Yeah although I am using a username. I guess posting my freelance account on UpWork would kind of defeat my anonymity. Oh well... Guess I have to behave.

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by SyneRyder on Friday September 30, 2016 @01:38AM (#12610683)

That's cool! If you'd rather be anonymous, that's totally fine here, plenty of anonymous folks here. I'm not a moderator or anything, just a random HN visitor who saw your first post.

You can track replies by clicking on "Threads" at the top - it lists comments you've made and replies to you. Or you can get email notifications via HNReplies.com, a 3rd party service.

Two quick links in case you find them helpful in getting past that 20K barrier (then I'll quit nagging, I promise!) Take a look at Breaking The Time Barrier [1], a free PDF from Freshbooks, and also check out the free articles that Brennan Dunn posts / emails on freelancing [2].

[1] https://www.freshbooks.com/ebooks/breaking-the-time-barrier

[2] https://doubleyourfreelancing.com/category/pricing/

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Re:Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last by ge96 on Friday September 30, 2016 @06:47AM (#12611658)

Wow thanks for the links. Also your response. I did update my profile with a link to my upwork page. I'm not "up to date" with modern technology with regards to web development.

Anyway, again thanks for those links. I realize that I need to build products/services so I'm not trading hours of my life for money.

Freelancing kind of sucks, I practically do work for free, my current job I've been doing for the past three months and it's still valued at most $100.00 however I did bump it up from $20.00 whooo...

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