Comments on: Make Your Inexperience Sell

By: Quentin

Quentin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:13:34 +0000

I am 57 and been teaching young people in Thailand and while many of the differences are obvious it is amazing that excitement, love of what your doing and spirit de corp can overcome any talent, perception or age barrier.

Que

By: Steve Olson

Steve Olson — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:08:30 +0000

Jennifer,

I started to go gray at sixteen. I was almost totally white by thirty. I have to say people treated me different. Probably better than most twenty somethings. When I was twenty three someone once guessed I was a little under forty. I felt pretty bad about that, but I tried to use it to my advantage. Looking young is only a liability when you really are young. Once you’re old, almost all of us would take younger looking.

By: Tom Beaton

Tom Beaton — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:34:16 +0000

It is true people love to judge a person by the age they appear. The fact of the matter is that we just need to go out of our way to demonstrate our abilities and professionalism.

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By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:39:18 +0000

Haha…I’ve always looked young for my age as well. It used to bug me all the time, but now I consider it a good thing.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:56:20 +0000

It’s not too near thirty–let’s not get carried away. But it’s more than halfway

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:14:28 +0000

Hey Jennifer – I would have never put you near 30…my guess would have been around 25. But I agree, looking young does hold you back a bit, but once you prove yourself people will get over it.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:43:57 +0000

I’m not too far from thirty, but I look like I’m sixteen–check the picture by my blog if you don’t believe me. I absolutely believe it hurt my credibility, particularly when I was just starting out, but I’ve always been 100% confident in my writing ability and for the most part, once I can show the clients I can do the job, the “looks factor” ceases to matter. Also, in web writing, looks matter less because for the most part you’re interacting with your clients via phone and email.

By: holli jo

holli jo — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:32:51 +0000

I enjoyed this post – these are all really good ideas, and I hadn’t thought of all of them.Thanks for sharing.

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:16:09 +0000

@ James…well, the saying “more bang for your buck” is used quite frequently, so I figured I’d throw this one in. But I must admit, the double-meaning crossed my mind and made me chuckle, but then I had to pretend that my mind didn’t think like that .

@ Tiffany – thanks for coming over to the blog and checking it out! I’ve run four different blogs before this one for clients (a couple of which I still maintain) and have been freelancing for about six months – but definitely still a newb when it comes down to it! I’m looking forward to having you part of the (hopefully) growing ProFreelancing community.