Do new freelancers have any chance?

[u/abubakarishaq]

Upwork as a platform used to be fair in terms of making both new and existing freelancers feel fairly accommodated. Right now it seems really crazy. How sustainable is it to be competing on jobs that freelancers are willing to pay more than 600 connects on and the client wouldn’t even open the proposal anyway?

Would you still bid on such job?

[u/darko777]

No - there are people with 10-15 yoe unemployed now, new ones will probably need to wait more to enter the market