I'm trying to charge $50 as a designer & developer.
I have many requests from US who are willing to pay this amount but they want me to be there, to meet personally first. Is that a common request or just an elegant way to say bye?
It's common but sort of an indicator of a project that is going to suck. There are outsourcing firms in the USA who are staffed entirely by remote workers and pay $50-$65 an hour.
That might still be worth it for everyone involved. The process of vetting good engineers and designers from overseas is very difficult, and potentially very expensive
In my experience the middle man (recruiting company) rarely gives a crap about the quality of workers, as long as the client is paying for the ones they find.
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I'm trying to charge $50 as a designer & developer. I have many requests from US who are willing to pay this amount but they want me to be there, to meet personally first. Is that a common request or just an elegant way to say bye?
How much would you have to charge to be able to fly to the USA every 2 months and meet with clients?
Even I'm charging more the common answer is: First we are trying to find somebody here (NYC, Chicago), if not we will get back to you.
It's common but sort of an indicator of a project that is going to suck. There are outsourcing firms in the USA who are staffed entirely by remote workers and pay $50-$65 an hour.
And charge the client $100-300/hr.
That might still be worth it for everyone involved. The process of vetting good engineers and designers from overseas is very difficult, and potentially very expensive
In my experience the middle man (recruiting company) rarely gives a crap about the quality of workers, as long as the client is paying for the ones they find.
Very common. You should charge more.