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I knew immediately it's Upwork. This is extremely common on there. The main reason is because developers in Western countries can demand higher rates. Just watc

I knew immediately it's Upwork. This is extremely common on there. The main reason is because developers in Western countries can demand higher rates. Just watch out for the red flags: mismatching LinkedIn experience, no camera during interview, incorrect accent, etc. Don't trust the reviews because accounts are routienly shared and/or sold. I've had some fun with this before where a developer with a clearly Chinese accent, and of course no webcam, posed as German (mispronouncing his own name) and freaked out when I switched to conducting the interview in German. Of course I notified the person whose identity he stole and reported the profile to Upwork, but it's a drop in the bucket of the scams.

tablespoon 4y ago
> The main reason is because developers in Western countries can demand higher rates. Just watch out for the red flags ... incorrect accent, etc. At least in America, that's not a valid tell. There are tons of developers in Western countries that have foreign accents.
- rippercushions 4y ago
  "Incorrect" here means the accent not matching the name. For example, it's unlikely that a person named Connor Tumbleson, who according to their resume was educated and has worked in the US all their life, would have a Chinese accent. (Not impossible, of course, but unlikely.)
vxNsr 4y ago
> no camera during interview to me this is immediate no hire. If you can't be bothered to show your face, I can't trust you.