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Re:Freelancer.com has ruined my life by a_imho on Sunday November 05, 2017 @06:06AM (#15628950)
You are dodging the questions.

You don't even have to move to another country, salaries vary wildly throughout a country and there are obvious outliers think NYC, SV or even London. And then we are talking about contracting/freelancing/remote work. If you want to have a job done, why do you care what is the purchasing power of the contract fee in a given country?

By the way, if dev A and dev B works for the same company on the same project in the same position one in location A and the other in location B, they should be equally compensated.

Re:Freelancer.com has ruined my life by GordonS on Monday November 06, 2017 @08:48AM (#15635345)
Sorry, I'll try and be more direct :)

> Do you think the prices offered on freelancing sites are fair?

Yes, I think they are 'fair'. This is how a free market works - clients are free to offer whatever price they like, devs are free to take on the jobs they feel make sense.

> Would you be willing to work for such prices?

It depends on the job but, taking $100 for 10 hours of work as an example - No. But just because such jobs don't make financial sense for me, doesn't mean the same for other economies.

> Why do you care which ISP someone uses when committing to a repository or login to VM?

I don't, nor did I claim to. What I care about is market rates.