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Is it typical for a digital nomad to still be paid a competitive SF salary? I'm assuming companies don't provide cost of living adjustment for telecommuters so

• falsestprophet 12y ago
  No of course not.
  • Niacint 12y ago
    Remote working engineers are paid for their performance on the "remote market". So you don't compete with engineers in SF but worldwide. Maybe you will have a different salary than a engineer in SF, but it doesn't matter if you live in Austin or in Auckland.
• jasonkester 12y ago
  That's a very harmful assumption to make. If you need a datapoint, I work remotely, and I always work at my "Bay Area" rate even though I've never lived there. There was a point, early in my guy-on-the-beach-with-a-laptop era where I would cut my bill rate in half while working from the beach with a laptop. Clients were happy about that, and it more than paid for beers and thatch huts. Then one time I tried not cutting my bill rate in half. Nobody but me seemed to notice. So now I don't do that anymore. Neither should you. The work you're doing is exactly the same regardless of where you do it from. Charge accordingly.
  • bcohen5055 12y ago
    Not making any assumptions, just reading the OP. I was thinking more about employees than freelancers/contractors. In that case it's your business run it how you want and if your customers are willing to pay you're in luck! Edit:spelling