Working Student in Creative Industry experience

I was a working student in creative industry. I have 4 years solid experience in motion graphics–from school to real business outputs/project. I was very glad when I landed on my first work kasi hobby ko yung ginagawa ko and at the same time kumikita ako. That time di ko alam magkano yung rates ng mga video editor and motion designer (explainer vids) kaya kung ano binibigay sa akin feel ko malaki na. Pero nung nagkaproject ako ng isang long form motion graphics explainer for yt channel, medyo nagka-doubt ako if enough ba talaga yung compensation na binibigay sa akin. Para kasi syang one man production pipeline. Ako nagconceptualize, nagdesign, nagdraft sa AE, nagedit, nagsound design, naglagay ng FX. Tapos ang malala pa, naka-apat ako na revision. That was a 9 minute video and at the moment na nakita ko na yung final output, I was very proud and happy sa nagawa ko. Nung natanggap ko na yung rate ko, masaya naman ako until months passed may nakita akong same works like mine pero kumikita sila ng x5-10 sa kinita ko and I was like “danggg”. After nalaman ko yun, umalis ako sa Creative Company na yun. Ngayon I’m unemployed for 6mos now😅 and entirely focusing my attention on acads.

Any tips po pano makakita ng work sa industry nato? preferably yung mga project based instead of full time setup.