[EugeneOZ]

About a year. I started from $30/hour, then switched to $60 and current rate is for consulting because I don't have free time for full-time projects (I'm working full-time already and I love my work so don't want to switch).

2 strict rules: 1) never negotiate rate, 2) don't work too hard (I prefer to work 40 hours per week).

[cdalsass]

I see. So it took 1 year to get your first job and this happened when you raised rates?

[EugeneOZ]

It took 2 days to select $30/hour job (a lot of proposals), and then I just realized I worth more and spent 2 weeks to find $60 job.