I want to shift my Upwork career from Writing to Web Development

[bboyibsta]

I have been writing for Upwork clients for over two years.  In that time I worked over 30 jobs and got myself a good job history with many five star ratings and testimonials from clients.

I've recently learned web development and want to shift my career from writing to web development. I'm a bit worried about my entire profile history being writing related. Will that come in the way of me trying to get new clients? I'm concerned that the Upwork algorithms will place me in the writer category when people search for even after I've done some 10, 15 jobs as a developer.

Has anyone else out there made a shift like that?

Is there any advice for me regarding this?

Should I close my current account and make a new one, or just work with the one I have and make a specialized profile that's related to development?

Thank you most kindly.

[petra_r · Accepted solution]

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Muhammad Ibrahim A wrote:

I want to shift my Upwork career from Writing to Web Development

If you are good at Web Development that ´would be a very good idea... The Writing thing clearly isn't working out so well....

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Muhammad Ibrahim A wrote:

  In that time I worked over 30 jobs and got myself a good job history with many five star ratings and testimonials from clients.

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And a low JSS and low private feedback. Writing (in English) clearly isn't your thing.

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Muhammad Ibrahim A wrote:

Will that come in the way of me trying to get new clients?

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Not really. Just make sure you actually know what you are doing.

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Muhammad Ibrahim A wrote:

Should I close my current account and make a new one, or just work with the one I have and make a specialized profile that's related to development?

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You can't close your profile and create another, you'll be permanently banned if you do. The specialized profiles during the transition phase would be a good idea.

[bboyibsta]

Thank you so much,  Petra. Your answer helps me a lot.

[kayume8325]

Hello Ibrahim, My question is also same to you. Could you shifted your profile or you doing now developer job? Is there you faced any problem?

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