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what part? the $25? or $250? Even for 6 years ago, that didn't seem all that incredible. Big pain points with 'offshore' include timezone work, language and
by mgkimsal 6y ago
what part? the $25? or $250?
Even for 6 years ago, that didn't seem all that incredible.
Big pain points with 'offshore' include timezone work, language and cultural differences, missing of body language, etc. My experience has been most offshore folks are afraid to ask clarifying questions, which introduces a lot of delays over the long haul, but makes it feel at the the start of a project like things will go great.
- nathias 6y ago25$ I thought it was much less, I'm not even making half that.
- square_usual 6y agoThe $25/h is probably overall consulting fee per billable hour. The programmer won't be seeing the full amount.
- nathias 6y agoyes, its still a lot more than I thought they are getting
- mgkimsal 6y agoInteresting. When I was younger (just starting out) I didn't have much idea of how much markup others had when I was working for them (as employee or contractor). I typically thought it might be 20-25% markup. And... in some cases I know it's that, but that has tended to be the low end. It's usually more like minimum 50% markup; if you're getting $50/hr from an agency, they're charging at least $75/hr, probably more. If you're getting $60/hr, they're probably charging at least $90/hr, and so on.
- C1sc0cat 6y agoDepends on country 25$ an hour is only a day rate of £160 in the UK. £400 is a good day rate for a average contract programmer outside London.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoYup. Living in Poland, I contracted for an US firm, my rate was actually $26/hour. Which was a 3x step up from my previous salary in a local company, and way above average in terms of general salaries in my country.
- machiaweliczny 6y agoIn Poland consulting agencies are charging 50-100$ and paying 50-150PLN (1/4) to devs.