A single mom who made freelancing her full-time career explains how to get started finding customers and setting prices

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Nancy Haight.

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Meet a lawyer who turned a pandemic-era freelance gig into his full-time work, travels the world, and has already made more than $100,000 this year

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Derrick Morgan Jr.

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I'm a Gen Zer who bumped my salary up by 40% with a career pivot to data analytics — and I learned the skills for free on YouTube

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Elijah Butler made a career pivot to data analytics a few years ago, and is enjoying remote work, higher pay, and more job satisfaction, he told Insider.

Elijah Butler

I lived and worked in Antarctica for 5 months without WiFi or running water. Here's what surprised me.

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Lucy Bruzzone on a ship in Antarctica
Lucy Bruzzone was the base leader of a team of women that spent five months living and working in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, through the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust charity.

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I swapped performing in a circus for an office job. I've now got more stability and money — but I can't do a handstand when I'm stressed out

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Insider's Sam Tabahriti doing a one-handed handstand on the street in Amiens, France.

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Teacher transitions from the classroom to a major accounting firm — and reminds others 'you haven't just taught'

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Michael Sanders is now a CEO Action for Racial Equity Fellow at PwC.

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I make up to $13,000 a month from my digital-marketing business and still have the flexibility to travel and snowboard — here's how I built it

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Elizabeth Nelson and her partner, Jesse Hall.

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HR exec was making $165k per year —then switched to a gardening career, earning $15 an hour. Here's why.

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Jantsch encouraged followers on LinkedIn and Instagram to weigh in on her career change, and most offered her words of encouragement.

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How a Houston real-estate agent who closed $28 million in deals in 2022 turned her broadcast news layoff into a lucrative new career

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Lily Jang.

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Black women are worn out from discrimination in corporate America. They're leaving to launch their own businesses, creating a hole for talent across industries.

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Insider spoke with Black women who left white-collar roles to start businesses.

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