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Unfortunately, because there is such wide income disparity in the world, you are always going to compete against another competent freelancer who will accept mu
by hellofunk 10y ago
Unfortunately, because there is such wide income disparity in the world, you are always going to compete against another competent freelancer who will accept much less than you. That drives everyone's rate down. I'm speaking primarily about remote freelancing jobs, which are the only ones I've accepted over the last many years.
- mamcx 10y agoOr more realistic outside USA: You will rarely found the customer that pay top money. You can bet we charge less not because we want, but because that is the local rate. Sometimes we can score a outsider, but for much we talk about the magical properties of remote-worldwide work, even more if is consulting/freelancing, is very much about local + native language.
- blowski 10y agoIf you compete only on coding skills, sure. But introduce software architecture skills and you become a bit more unique. Throw in excellent communication skills and ability to configure and maintain a CI/CD process and you're rare as rocking horse poo.