Basically the idea is to get some recent work into your portfolio, and by the time you&#x27;ve completed the fifth React website of the year, upwork and good hourly rate be damned, you&#x27;d have a much easier time to find a good paying gig.<p>I worked my way up from $25 to $100 per hour in about a year doing this. Take up low quality gigs, and then use them as a springboard to jump onto less lower quality gigs. Rinse and repeat until you&#x27;re doing the kind of gigs you&#x27;d like to do.<p>Life is full of horrors, we can live it or stay at home. It&#x27;s our choice.