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I heard a number of complains that Toptal is not worth the time investment anymore. Anybody of that opinion here?

• core-utility 4y ago
  When I started the process years ago, I only saw bad things about Toptal. Went through anyways and have only good things to say. The most vocal are always the negative, and a lot of them were people who never got through the selection process. YMMV, but my experience is positive.
• LanceH 4y ago
  I'm billing $100+/hr with Toptal. I'm currently 0 hours available and they check on my availability every week with possible contracts. Yes, the interview process is a bit long, but opportunities have been non-stop for several years in a row now. Never an issue with pay, although it can border on 6 weeks in arrears due to billing cycles with the client and bi-weekly deposits from Toptal.
  • yolo3000 4y ago
    As a dev or more on the ops side? How long are the contracts? When you get a client, do they place you in a team with internals, or is there another setup? I guess toptal is like an intermediary, global scale, and they screen/test their freelancers.
    • LanceH 4y ago
      Programmer. It has varied from me being the only person working on it to full time work. It's been easy enough that I've always taken 2, 20 hour/week jobs so that I don't lose all my employment at once when one ends. It's never been a problem picking up the next contract. I've never worked with anyone else from Toptal, though I have been the replacement. I haven't been using them for a while, but it's been non-stop inquiries from them, even though I've set my availability to 0hr/wk.