Re:Data scientists shouldn't use Upwork
by dual_basis on Friday July 12, 2019 @08:29AM
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If you're charging $80/hour but then work more hours than you charge your effective hourly wage is less than $80/hour. This is an incredibly low wage (less than half) for typical web design work in my area (New England).
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I guess it's all a matter of perspective. As stated earlier, in the Netherlands I worked as a freelancer for 70 EUR an hour (probably around 80 USD or so) and there it's not considered low. You'd probably be in the 10% highest earners in the country. And then I'd also probably lose ~35% of my income on income tax. Here in Thailand I pay pretty much no tax and cost of living is cheaper so for me this is a great improvement.
Re:Data scientists shouldn't use Upwork
by dual_basis on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @02:11PM
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Oh, $80/hr is still well above the top 10% of earners in the US, it's just not very much for web design.