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I make $7 US dollars an hour designing and developing apps as a full-time employee. I’m paying off a new car, pay rent, and live quite a good life compared to o

I make $7 US dollars an hour designing and developing apps as a full-time employee. I’m paying off a new car, pay rent, and live quite a good life compared to others in my country (third-world country). Compared to other countries salaries, mine is awful. Compared to local salaries, it’s actually about 4x the minimum wage. The cost of living here is quite low (I pay 150$ per month for a single bedroom with bathroom). Where this kind of salary hurts is when: - traveling - buying online - saving for the future (maybe I will want to move overseas, and I also need savings for emergencies) - paying for study (courses, uni overseas) - buying work computers or phones - buying software or services (e.g. Photoshop, Sketch)

manglav 9y ago
Are you interested in any side work? I'm always looking for good freelancers. My email is in my profile if you want to get in touch.
choward 9y ago
So where do you live?
- throwawaytree 9y ago
  Small Latin American country, -4:00 UTC
nickls 9y ago
What do you build? I'm looking for talented freelance developers.
throws12 9y ago
now that you have revealed that you are from a third world country, cheapos in the first world countries will try to outsource work to you, which is very good IMO. But at the same time blaming third world programmers for taking their jobs. Pretty much like blaming China for taking the manufacturing jobs, but first world country people wanting things cheap products from Amazon.
- fil_a_del_fee_a 9y ago
  I was going to offer him/her $7.01 an hour. Rats!
gargarplex 9y ago
My friend Jay El-Kaake and I wrote two books on freelance consulting. We would be happy to send you both copies for free. It is a shame, for a variety of reasons, that someone intelligent and competent is earning $7 USD hourly. Email zack@codefor.cash
- drchaim 9y ago
  I'm so much interested in that book to improve my business skills. Any reference?
  - gargarplex 9y ago
    If you're interested in my book, the link is in my profile; it has practical tips specifically for freelance programmers/developers/consultants/coders/software engineering people. But if you are purely interested in improving your business skills, then I recommend reading "The Personal MBA" by Josh Kaufman. Also, I'm a developer but my father is a Silicon Valley business lawyer. He wrote a chapter of "The Software Engineer's Guide to Freelance Consulting" that is available for free. https://codefor.cash/legalideas https://codefor.cash/legalideas
- throwawaytree 9y ago
  Thanks, I’ll take you up on that!
throw22221 9y ago
Also working in a slightly "better" 3rd world country and my salary is 15$/h, while it's enough here, it becomes a problem when I travel, especially to 1st world countries.
trub 9y ago
Anyway I could connect with you about app development? I can offer over 7$/hr
- throwawaytree 9y ago
  Sure, can you share an email?

manglav 9y ago

Are you interested in any side work? I'm always looking for good freelancers. My email is in my profile if you want to get in touch.

choward 9y ago

So where do you live?

throwawaytree 9y ago
Small Latin American country, -4:00 UTC

nickls 9y ago

What do you build? I'm looking for talented freelance developers.

throws12 9y ago

now that you have revealed that you are from a third world country, cheapos in the first world countries will try to outsource work to you, which is very good IMO. But at the same time blaming third world programmers for taking their jobs. Pretty much like blaming China for taking the manufacturing jobs, but first world country people wanting things cheap products from Amazon.

fil_a_del_fee_a 9y ago
I was going to offer him/her $7.01 an hour. Rats!

gargarplex 9y ago

My friend Jay El-Kaake and I wrote two books on freelance consulting. We would be happy to send you both copies for free. It is a shame, for a variety of reasons, that someone intelligent and competent is earning $7 USD hourly. Email zack@codefor.cash

drchaim 9y ago
I'm so much interested in that book to improve my business skills. Any reference?
- gargarplex 9y ago
  If you're interested in my book, the link is in my profile; it has practical tips specifically for freelance programmers/developers/consultants/coders/software engineering people. But if you are purely interested in improving your business skills, then I recommend reading "The Personal MBA" by Josh Kaufman. Also, I'm a developer but my father is a Silicon Valley business lawyer. He wrote a chapter of "The Software Engineer's Guide to Freelance Consulting" that is available for free. https://codefor.cash/legalideas https://codefor.cash/legalideas
throwawaytree 9y ago
Thanks, I’ll take you up on that!

throw22221 9y ago

Also working in a slightly "better" 3rd world country and my salary is 15$/h, while it's enough here, it becomes a problem when I travel, especially to 1st world countries.

trub 9y ago

Anyway I could connect with you about app development? I can offer over 7$/hr

throwawaytree 9y ago
Sure, can you share an email?