Deleted my portfolio, made $30k in my first six months

Re:Deleted my portfolio, made $30k in my first six months by clubhi on Thursday May 23, 2013 @10:24PM (#5760924)

Did anyone kind of feel bad that this guy is happy making $30k in 6 months? I think I'm excellent at what I do and think I deserve every dollar I make. However, I can't help but feel bad for people that are making so much less than me just because I might have been a bit luckier in my career path.

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Re:Deleted my portfolio, made $30k in my first six months by turkeybone on Thursday May 23, 2013 @10:53PM (#5761014)

Why don't you hire this designer for a project, then? If you really feel bad, he could use your business rather than your pity.

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Re:Deleted my portfolio, made $30k in my first six months by clubhi on Saturday May 25, 2013 @09:32PM (#5769660)

Maybe I will Charley. Maybe I will...

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Re:Deleted my portfolio, made $30k in my first six months by freework on Thursday May 23, 2013 @11:02PM (#5761037)

Honestly, 60K is actually pretty good money I think. I make just about the same. Before my current job I made around the same. All my friends who are the same age as me make roughly the same. Last time I was doing interviewing, I tried asking for 80K, but not a single company pretty much told me I wouldn't be getting that.

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Re:Deleted my portfolio, made $30k in my first six months by eropple on Friday May 24, 2013 @01:20AM (#5761386)

Where are you located?

In Boston at least, new-grad salaries at companies-I'd-work-at are $80K and up.

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Re:Deleted my portfolio, made $30k in my first six months by tnorthcutt on Thursday May 23, 2013 @11:08PM (#5761061)

He went from getting fired to making $30k freelancing in 6 months. I would imagine his annual income is trending up significantly and will end up being much more than $60k the first year of his freelancing "career".

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