I turned my interview task for Google into a startup

Re:I turned my interview task for Google into a startup by richthegeek on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:40AM (#19928923)

I've just completed an interview process (waiting for the decision) that was explicitly "this is a real problem we have", but also stating that I'll be paid for 8 hours work. I have no problem with that. It took about that long as well.

So I suppose if you're honest about it, and you give a fair estimate of the time required, then what's the problem?

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Re:I turned my interview task for Google into a startup by JudgeWapner on Thursday May 16, 2019 @12:31PM (#19930442)

I still disagree with that. are you being paid 8 hours at a pro-rated salaried rate? Well you're going to have to report that as income and take a 30% haircut off it. There's a reason contractors get 30% or more above the hourly-equivalent of a salaried employee.

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Re:I turned my interview task for Google into a startup by walshemj on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:03PM (#19934752)

A bit more than just 30% - for a short contract id want 3x my FTE rate.

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