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I used freelancing to build a portfolio to land my dream job

I spent the last three years hustling my ass off because I wanted better opportunities in a field that was interesting and exciting to me: social media and marketing.

I landed here only because I followed what felt like a trail of bread crumbs of side hustles and “miscellaneous tasks as assigned” in a variety of client work, administrative jobs and other…