Nick Buzz Earned $3,200 on His First Day of College
Nick Buzz · Faceless: From Immigrant to $1M/Year · Sep 1, 2024 · at 8:14
Designer and entrepreneur Nick Buzz discusses how he financed his international university tuition through freelance design clients.
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“Around 2016, some dev found me on Dribbble and the dev recommended me to the client. I just worked with them for like two days and they gave me 3200 dollars. I was like happy. I'm like, first day of university and I made 3200 dollars.”
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