I used to make websites for small businesses. That was a decade ago but still. There's a lot of overhead with small clients. They don't have an internal employ

I used to make websites for small businesses. That was a decade ago but still. There's a lot of overhead with small clients. They don't have an internal employee who makes and sends the copy and the content. You really build everything from the ground up. You also have to host it and keep it online. There's only you; you're the whole IT department. Also I made 50 an hour a decade ago as a student. It's a low income for a freelance professional with unsteady work. Realistically, it's closer to a month of full time work, but it's spread over 3-6 months of talking, meeting, getting feedback, waiting for images etc. It was one of my favourite jobs because I could apply tech to solve smaller, tangible problems. It was also the hardest to live from.