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2 days ago, I stumbled upon this guy on medial offering a freelance wordpress project. now I’ve been doing freelance for a while, mostly on custom-coded websites, but I wanted to learn wordpress too, so I thought why not. he was paying just 1k, but money was never the goal, I just wanted to explore. so I took it as a small side project for 2 days. the communication was messy, we didn’t really understand each other, but I still stayed calm as long as he didn’t interfere with my work. 2 days later, the website was done. clean, functional, client satisfied. and here’s where the real story begins. turns out, this guy wasn’t even the actual client. he had taken the work from someone else and passed it to me. I’m 100% sure he was keeping 70–80% of the payout just for forwarding the message. no contribution, no skills, just vibes. then came the final straw. he delayed the payment first, which I could still ignore, but then he asked me to give “credits” to some Sonu Kumar in the website footer, for the work I did. that one line flipped my mood completely. I backed off instantly. didn’t even take the money. because credibility is not what I sell. and honestly, it’s just frustrating how full the Indian freelancing space is with people like this, middlemen who act like they’re running the show when in reality, they wouldn’t last a week without the people who actually build things. it’s not the first time I’ve seen this, probably not the last. but if you’re one of those people reading this, seriously… grow up. earn it, don’t fake it.