Forwarded from Edemy
How to Handle Clients and Reviews as a Freelancer
Freelancing is more than delivering tasks. It’s managing expectations, understanding people, and building a reputation that supports a long-term career.
One of the lessons I’ve learned is that clients are very different, and not every project is worth your time. If you’re a beginner, be especially careful with your first one or two jobs because early bad reviews are harder to recover from. Once you have a few strong reviews, it becomes much easier to handle the occasional negative one.
Before accepting a contract or applying for a project, always check the client’s reviews. Look at both what other freelancers say about them and how the client has rated previous work. Some clients rarely give good ratings, even if the work is solid. Others treat 5 stars as perfection and penalize minor issues.
Cheap clients aren’t always bad, sometimes they help you get started and build your first reviews (make sure to check their review). But once your profile grows, focus on long-term, high-paying clients who respect your skills. These are the clients that can truly change your career.
During interviews, present yourself professionally, but also observe the client as well. Take note of their communication, expectations, and flexibility. Remember, you’re not the only freelancer they’re interviewing. This helps you protect your time and energy from projects that could drain you.
If you ever receive negative feedback, how you handle it matters.
1. If the payment isn’t worth the trouble and you don’t want the feedback public, consider refunding the client. Protect your reputation and peace of mind.
2. If the payment matters, respond politely and professionally. Explain what happened, the steps you took to resolve it, and show your willingness to improve. Future clients will see your professionalism, and might understand your part of story.
At the end of the day, freelancing is about building trust, reputation, and relationships. Protect your energy, choose your clients wisely, and handle challenges gracefully. Your career isn’t defined by single review. It’s defined by how you approach your work.
@edemy251
Freelancing is more than delivering tasks. It’s managing expectations, understanding people, and building a reputation that supports a long-term career.
One of the lessons I’ve learned is that clients are very different, and not every project is worth your time. If you’re a beginner, be especially careful with your first one or two jobs because early bad reviews are harder to recover from. Once you have a few strong reviews, it becomes much easier to handle the occasional negative one.
Before accepting a contract or applying for a project, always check the client’s reviews. Look at both what other freelancers say about them and how the client has rated previous work. Some clients rarely give good ratings, even if the work is solid. Others treat 5 stars as perfection and penalize minor issues.
Cheap clients aren’t always bad, sometimes they help you get started and build your first reviews (make sure to check their review). But once your profile grows, focus on long-term, high-paying clients who respect your skills. These are the clients that can truly change your career.
During interviews, present yourself professionally, but also observe the client as well. Take note of their communication, expectations, and flexibility. Remember, you’re not the only freelancer they’re interviewing. This helps you protect your time and energy from projects that could drain you.
If you ever receive negative feedback, how you handle it matters.
1. If the payment isn’t worth the trouble and you don’t want the feedback public, consider refunding the client. Protect your reputation and peace of mind.
2. If the payment matters, respond politely and professionally. Explain what happened, the steps you took to resolve it, and show your willingness to improve. Future clients will see your professionalism, and might understand your part of story.
At the end of the day, freelancing is about building trust, reputation, and relationships. Protect your energy, choose your clients wisely, and handle challenges gracefully. Your career isn’t defined by single review. It’s defined by how you approach your work.
@edemy251
I believe Elon musk of XAI need to start investing in custom hardware even the software pipeline if he really want to be a true long standing player in the Artificial intelligence space.
@yaredone
@yaredone
we need humble starting point in the GPU world as a nation I hope one day i will get a chance in collaborating on designing of a new optimized GPU hardware with all they nitty witty of of the bus, Numerical processing component and more would have been epic.
plus this will encourage a follow up design of it's own assembly language with a follow-up of a high level language and bridge library's
plus this will encourage a follow up design of it's own assembly language with a follow-up of a high level language and bridge library's
Yared kassa pinned «we need humble starting point in the GPU world as a nation I hope one day i will get a chance in collaborating on designing of a new optimized GPU hardware with all they nitty witty of of the bus, Numerical processing component and more would have been epic.…»
Z-Image-Turbo is 👨🍳 Fantasticooo
😎 ይህ ከላይ የምታዩት ዛሬ ያለ ኢንተርኔት በነጻ [locally and offline] ሰው ሰራሽ አስተውሎትን ተጠቅሜ ከጽሁፍ ወደፎቶ ያዘጋጀሁት ፎቶ ነው
የሰጠሁት የጽሁፍ መመሪያ [prompt] : 'a monky driving bycyle while wearing a headset.'
😊 ያውም ጂፒዩ በሌለው 16 GB RAM እና 8th Gen Corei5 intel CPU ላይ ከ 1 ሰአት ጥበቃ በሁዋላ ይህን ውጤት ሳይ ደስታዬ ጥግ የለውም
🍫 ይህን ለማሳካት ያንበሳውን ድርሻ የያዘው [Z-Image-Turbo] የተሰኘው ከቻይና የተለቀቀው ጽሁፍን ወደምስል በከፍተኛ ጥራት እና ባልተገደበ መልኩ መስራት የሚችለው ክፍት [open source] ሞዴል ነው።
😵💫 ጠቅላላ መጠኑ ከ 30GB ይበልጣል ወደ 3 ሰአት ወስዶብኛል የሞዴሉን ማመዛዘኛ ዋጋዎች ብቻ ለማውረድ [to download the weights]
⏳ ሙሉ ለዚ የተሳፈውን የ python script በቅርብ ስለቀው እዚ አጋራቹሃለው
ሞዴሉን ማኘት ከፈለጋቹ ሊንኩ ከታች አለ
https://huggingface.co/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo
😎 ይህ ከላይ የምታዩት ዛሬ ያለ ኢንተርኔት በነጻ [locally and offline] ሰው ሰራሽ አስተውሎትን ተጠቅሜ ከጽሁፍ ወደፎቶ ያዘጋጀሁት ፎቶ ነው
የሰጠሁት የጽሁፍ መመሪያ [prompt] : 'a monky driving bycyle while wearing a headset.'
😊 ያውም ጂፒዩ በሌለው 16 GB RAM እና 8th Gen Corei5 intel CPU ላይ ከ 1 ሰአት ጥበቃ በሁዋላ ይህን ውጤት ሳይ ደስታዬ ጥግ የለውም
🍫 ይህን ለማሳካት ያንበሳውን ድርሻ የያዘው [Z-Image-Turbo] የተሰኘው ከቻይና የተለቀቀው ጽሁፍን ወደምስል በከፍተኛ ጥራት እና ባልተገደበ መልኩ መስራት የሚችለው ክፍት [open source] ሞዴል ነው።
😵💫 ጠቅላላ መጠኑ ከ 30GB ይበልጣል ወደ 3 ሰአት ወስዶብኛል የሞዴሉን ማመዛዘኛ ዋጋዎች ብቻ ለማውረድ [to download the weights]
⏳ ሙሉ ለዚ የተሳፈውን የ python script በቅርብ ስለቀው እዚ አጋራቹሃለው
ሞዴሉን ማኘት ከፈለጋቹ ሊንኩ ከታች አለ
https://huggingface.co/Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo
https://huggingface.co there are many smaller size very useful and capable models in this site try them thinker with them who know you might come up with some creating way of generating income with them
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Yared kassa
https://huggingface.co there are many smaller size very useful and capable models in this site try them thinker with them who know you might come up with some creating way of generating income with them
am currently Exploring starter friendly ways of deploying this GPU intensive models
if there are any hosting service providers in Ethiopia with GPU support sharing them is appreciated.
most providers like yegara.com tend to give infrastructures with CPU support
if there are any hosting service providers in Ethiopia with GPU support sharing them is appreciated.
most providers like yegara.com tend to give infrastructures with CPU support
Yared kassa
Z-Image-Turbo is 👨🍳 Fantasticooo 😎 ይህ ከላይ የምታዩት ዛሬ ያለ ኢንተርኔት በነጻ [locally and offline] ሰው ሰራሽ አስተውሎትን ተጠቅሜ ከጽሁፍ ወደፎቶ ያዘጋጀሁት ፎቶ ነው የሰጠሁት የጽሁፍ መመሪያ [prompt] : 'a monky driving bycyle while wearing a headset.' 😊 ያውም ጂፒዩ በሌለው 16 GB RAM እና 8th Gen…
So yes its passable to generate high quality image Locally with just a CPU - ግን ያው በትንሹ 1 ሰአት ለአንድ HD ምስል ይወድበታል
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Forwarded from Luna's pathway🤗 (Luna)
Born for focus, not forced randomness it's merely a matter of time before consistency triumphs over imposed disorder.
Luna
እንዴት አደራቹ
-ዓለም "ተደሰቱበት" ትለናለች፤ ክርስትና ግን "ተቀደሱበት" ትለናለች። በወጣትነታችን ዘመን የምንሰራው የጽድቅ ስራ፣ የምናፈሰው እንባ እና የምናደርገው ተጋድሎ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እጅግ የከበረ ዕጣን ነው።
"በጉብዝናህ ወራት ፈጣሪህን አስብ።"
(መክብብ 12፥1)
@Menfesawi_thoughts
-ዓለም "ተደሰቱበት" ትለናለች፤ ክርስትና ግን "ተቀደሱበት" ትለናለች። በወጣትነታችን ዘመን የምንሰራው የጽድቅ ስራ፣ የምናፈሰው እንባ እና የምናደርገው ተጋድሎ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እጅግ የከበረ ዕጣን ነው።
"በጉብዝናህ ወራት ፈጣሪህን አስብ።"
(መክብብ 12፥1)
@Menfesawi_thoughts
if you have the enormous compute poser like multiple H100 of Navida GPU which is unlikely for more than 90% individuals across the glob
you can now run an AI that is more capable than than Anthropic expensive Models like sonet 4.5
its called DeepSeek V3.2 and its their 'Special' edition am really loving how Chania's are catching up with the us so rapidly Forcing the service based US economy to Invent more which is good
here is the entire open weight below
https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale/tree/main
you can now run an AI that is more capable than than Anthropic expensive Models like sonet 4.5
its called DeepSeek V3.2 and its their 'Special' edition am really loving how Chania's are catching up with the us so rapidly Forcing the service based US economy to Invent more which is good
here is the entire open weight below
https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale/tree/main
huggingface.co
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale at main
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Forwarded from et/acc
From free market to this 🤣
- create export restriction list.
- allow it back and take extortion money from the company.
OG move. 😅
- create export restriction list.
- allow it back and take extortion money from the company.
OG move. 😅
