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Hi! A good developer can expect to make $10K - $20K per month on Gigster :) The developer also can expect to do no sales or management work on the project. You
by levlandau 11y ago
Hi! A good developer can expect to make $10K - $20K per month on Gigster :) The developer also can expect to do no sales or management work on the project. You just write code on interesting projects and get paid :) Much like Uber hands drivers rides and they just have to accept them.
- ForHackernews 11y ago> Much like Uber hands drivers rides and they just have to accept them. So much like Uber, can we assume that "$10-$20k/month" is a mythical number[0] that could only be achieved by working 100+ hours per week and virtually no developers will actually make that much? [0] http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/10/uber_driver_salary_the_ride_sharing_company_says_its_drivers_make_great.html http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/10/uber...
- quadrature 11y agoI believe theres no bidding, so gigster only accepts gigs that can pay the dev reasonably. Correct me if i'm wrong.
- levlandau 11y agoThis is correct. We price out the gigs ahead of time and match them with developers who like the price.
- fuzzywalrus 11y agoSounds like this will have a perpetual race to the bottom as inevitably there'll be developers asking high prices and not being paired with the work, and those asking less with more pairings.
- ncallaway 11y agoHow do you handle a situation where you estimate a given price and don't have any developers willing to complete that project at the given price?
- nickalekhine 11y agoI have a hard time believing this estimate. What are you basing that figure off of? That's senior-level software engineer money for freelancers who are mainly students trying to "earn some beer money" and programmers at Google wanting some extra projects.
- edc117 11y agoHoly moly, so many warnings signs and red flags reading the comments so far.
- nilkn 11y ago$20k/month is $240k/year, which is some serious money. Forgive me if I'm a little skeptical of these numbers.
- szx 11y agoHold on, are we talking employee or contractor? If it's the latter, I'd consider at least the following two points: 1. $20k/month every month? Unlikely. 2. Self-employment taxes + other business expenses. edit: formatting
- nilkn 11y agoDoes it matter for the context of my post? $240k is a hefty income either way for a freelancer who needn't live in an expensive metropolitan area. And it seems you agree with me either way with the way you ended your first bullet point. A lot of startups in the sharing economy space have been guilty of grossly exaggerating how much their contractors/employees actually make. Is this just yet another instance of that or are these numbers legitimate? I think that's a perfectly reasonable question to ask.
- szx 11y agoSorry if I wasn't clear... I do agree with you - if anything I'm more skeptical :)
- lhc- 11y agoSo, you said elsewhere "Generally you can expect a Gigster project to be way cheaper (we've seen 10X in some cases) ", and yet your devs are making 10-20k? That does not add up.
- Everhusk 11y agoI really hope this is true, and if it is then I guess it's time to quit my job :D
- jitix 11y agocan you give a breakdown on how the business model is sustainable? No real data but x number of projects, y number of staff, with total revenue of N and profit of M.