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Interesting story. I had a similar one, but I was traveling while I did contract work and ended up meeting an array of these overseas guys. The best contract de
by j4pe 12y ago
Interesting story. I had a similar one, but I was traveling while I did contract work and ended up meeting an array of these overseas guys. The best contract devs rarely end up in the outsourcing factories that would be hired by companies like your client; they're independent. Some friends and I set up a co-op last year; I bring in a lot of US work on commission.
- Firegarden 12y agoInteresting to know. Causes me to second guess the overseas development company options but I still wonder if being the solutions architect / US based agent to PM and sell the work perhaps I can capitalize. Eg. If I charge $40/hr for my work and sell the outsourced hours at $40/hr with a $30/hr cost basis I could run a team of 4 dev's and still make a decent hourly rate. I always thought I would find some efficiency in this model by reusing software libraries but that has never panned out.
- sharemywin 12y agoYou can probably charge like $60/hr for the architect time.
- navalsaini 12y agoCo-op sounds interesting. I would surely like to apply. Do you have a website?