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I passed their tests, spent 50 unpaid hours on a coding assignment, for which I learned react native (not a requirement) and got passed over because their requi
by eloff 10y ago
I passed their tests, spent 50 unpaid hours on a coding assignment, for which I learned react native (not a requirement) and got passed over because their requirements were poorly worded and I didn't ask for clarification (it's a coding assignment, why shouldn't I assume they can at least spell out their own requirements well.)
They'll give me another shot at it, but honestly it's not worth the effort. I discovered from the engineer that the average asking rate for the other 70+ developers in Canada is $45/hour. I'm not going to work for that - as a "top 3%" developer it's so much easier to make $65+/hour full-time, remotely. Why would I settle for sporadic work and lots of risk for less money? Do yourself a favor and steer clear of those guys if you know what's good for you.
- StavrosK 10y agoJesus, 50 hours? I knew that they needed a project, but I thought it would be more in the 8-10 ballpark. And for $45/hr? The way they presented it to me was "you set your own rate and you get that, guaranteed", which I'm not sure how it works, since obviously some clients want to pay less.
- eloff 10y agoYeah, you can set your own rate, but they don't send you clients if you want more than $60 and hour, unless you've seriously proven yourself with them. Even so I think for reasonable rates of $120/hour you're shit out of luck. You'll be very hard pressed to break even with full employment + benefits. Give them a skip.