--- title: "Discussion on \"What I learned from building websites after a 10-year freelancing hiatus\" | Hashnode" description: "Discussion on \"What I learned from building websites after a 10-year freelancing hiatus\". Ten years ago I worked as a freelancer building websites with WordPress. I created custom Designs/Templates with Photoshop, HTML, PHP, and CSS. My main customers were people who wanted to switch from their static HTML page to a system where they coul..." url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828" --- [Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) / Discussion # [What I learned from building websites after a 10-year freelancing hiatus](https://blog.tiia.rocks/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Ten years ago I worked as a freelancer building websites with WordPress. I created custom Designs/Templates with Photoshop, HTML, PHP, and CSS. My main customers were people who wanted to switch from their static HTML page to a system where they coul... Apr 4, 2022 · 3 min read · blog.tiia.rocks Read the article - [#web-development](https://hashnode.com/tag/web-development) - [#frontend](https://hashnode.com/tag/frontend) - [#wordpress](https://hashnode.com/tag/wordpress) - [#cms](https://hashnode.com/tag/cms) ## Written by [Tiia](https://hashnode.com/@TiiaAurora) @TiiaAurora · Bochum, Germany [View profile](https://hashnode.com/@TiiaAurora) Tech-Journalist, Content Creator Worked in the past as SoMe-Manager for big Companies and Non-Profit. Several years of experience in Tech-Journalism. Now content creation by day and programming by night. ## Responses 7 Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post [KI. Bappi](https://hashnode.com/@bappi) [Aug 22, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/68a902720039c792fabac5c1) Meet – One! Packed with modern design, seamless Elementor integration, and lightning-fast performance, One makes it easy to launch your community site in minutes. Perfect for creators, coaches, influencers, and anyone building a membership-based business. Fully compatible with the latest WordPress & BuddyPress versions for a future-ready experience. Live demo: [one.tophivetheme.com/preview](https://one.tophivetheme.com/preview/) [Tanish Shrivastava](https://hashnode.com/@Tanish) [Jun 12, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/62a616e14754a2eb1e0a6624) It is so great to hear from the people who are already so experienced in this field. Sadly, I don't see myself in freelancing, mostly because I get the feeling from checking out the available jobs that back end is not given to freelancers, and my friends have also told me that it is a bad route for someone like me. [Eleftheria Batsou](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou) [Apr 5, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624c35e14b4dde0dc0becb63) Thank you for sharing this with us [Tiia](https://hashnode.com/@TiiaAurora). I don't have a lot of freelancing experience but I can confirm the expectations can be too high!! 😊 [Vic Kalchev](https://hashnode.com/@vickalchev) [Apr 5, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624c35e14b4dde0dc0becb63#reply-624c6f4024471c433062bedc) I see the high expectations as a good thing - it often calls for professionalism and the high rates that come with it. [Omar Moustafa](https://hashnode.com/@Omar-The-Dev) [Apr 6, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624c35e14b4dde0dc0becb63#reply-624d1e36a5af514355662b5a) [Eleftheria Batsou](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou) It's already high! Salary gets more higher if you need a skill which is not very common but needed. For example, there are not so many C++ programmers in the world as Python, so your salary might increase for a C++ project. [Cess](https://hashnode.com/@Cesscode) [Apr 4, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624adf744b4dde0dc0bea549) Interesting [coldino](https://hashnode.com/@coldino) [Apr 4, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624ad1dc16cdedfe9f7d05e3) Personally, I love that the only real complexity in grid/flex is learning it - not learning all the bugs and cross-browser issues you needed to learn for floats and tables... [Tiia](https://hashnode.com/@TiiaAurora) [Apr 4, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624ad1dc16cdedfe9f7d05e3#reply-624ad24016cdedfe9f7d0602) I usually discriminated Internet Explorer and everyone using it. At some point you had to make a decision. 😅 [Swati Sarangi](https://hashnode.com/@starCodes) [Apr 4, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624a94834b4dde0dc0be9b55) What a great article coming from an expert! Thanks for sharing your story. [Anuoluwapo Balogun](https://hashnode.com/@AnuoluwapoDS) [Apr 4, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-building-websites-after-a-10-year-freelancing-hiatus/624a598616cdedfe9f7cf828/comment/624a5be34b4dde0dc0be953e) Interesting 👏🏽