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Go freelance is my answer to stagnant European salaries. I make around double what I’d make as perm doing the same jobs, with long term contracts that usually l
by davedx 6y ago
Go freelance is my answer to stagnant European salaries. I make around double what I’d make as perm doing the same jobs, with long term contracts that usually last about as long as I’d stay in a perm position anyway. (I’m in the Netherlands but I think it’s pretty comparable)
- thelastinuit 6y agoI second this. I was making 60K in Hamburg and my freelance was giving me 1.5x for 20 hrs less (weekly and it was a client from U.S.A.). I had that job because i liked the people I worked with.
- sabarasaba 6y agoIm living in NL also, and after interviewing and reaching the ceiling for a web engineer (80k perm contract) I really would like to get into contracting for an US company. Was there a particular website that you used or any advice you could give me ? Thanks!
- davedx 6y agoI actually once did a short contract for a YC company who I found on the monthly "Looking for freelancer" thread here. That was quite a few years ago now though, I don't think those threads have as good a signal:noise ratio as they did, unfortunately. I've not really had much luck finding freelance contracts with US companies, as the ones that have good rates usually (understandably) want people in the same timezone. All my contracts since 2013 have been in the Netherlands.