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Re:Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? by walshemj on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:39PM (#18196861)
US contractors don't seem to get anything - they seem to think getting a 20% premium over FTE is good.

In the UK you would normally expect 3x for a short 6 month contract.

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Re:Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? by sjg007 on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:15PM (#18197104)
Right but UK salaries are about 2-3x lower than US (at least for software engineers).. or at least they use to be.
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