Recently, I read a horror story about a Filipino Virtual Assistant (VA) who was on a trial period with a client. One week passed, and she didn’t deliver what she said she could. The client paid her for her time (naturally), then ended their contract. To the client’s surprise, her social media accounts started losing […]
As I saw the news snippet going around social media about Filipinos who make money online through freelance work, I couldn’t help but think about the very first project I completed. I earned $2, and this, back then, was already significant because I was only starting out – a neophyte. This was six years ago. […]
The weirdest task I have ever gotten through UpWork was to write a love letter. Well, it’s not that weird, and it was my first job. I think I was paid about a dollar for this, but my effort was well worth it because I learned the biggest lesson of my career: you can be […]