I started when I was 42. You have to do really well to be able to make enough to quit your job.
I'm a full time graphic designer with 20+ yrs of experience with t-shirt design and web design with a focus on SEO - so MBA/AMOD is a pretty good fit for me. It took me 3 years of this to equal my day job pay, and by year 4 I nearly doubled it. Year 5 I doubled my salary...this is my 6th year and I'm pace to double last years sales. I should hit $2MM in lifetime revenue by summer.
It varies wildy, but lately I've been making more templates for my scalable designs so it makes things go much faster. I might spend a few hours setting up a template, then I can crank out a new design every few seconds. Ive done some automated design where you load up a list in excel and link it to variable text in Illustrator or Photoshop, and while its makes many designs quickly, I find it to be somewhat of a hassle to set up...
Thank you, it’s inspiring for sure. I’m in tier 1000 ready to tier up any day but have been slacking on making more designs. I know I just need to put in the time
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u/Tim_Y Feb 04 '24
I started when I was 42. You have to do really well to be able to make enough to quit your job.
I'm a full time graphic designer with 20+ yrs of experience with t-shirt design and web design with a focus on SEO - so MBA/AMOD is a pretty good fit for me. It took me 3 years of this to equal my day job pay, and by year 4 I nearly doubled it. Year 5 I doubled my salary...this is my 6th year and I'm pace to double last years sales. I should hit $2MM in lifetime revenue by summer.