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Re:Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freel... by juskrey on Saturday September 14, 2019 @06:44PM (#20974333)
I declined to complete the step where interviewer was about to watch me coding online almost the same quiz they gave me on the previous step. I have just rebelled inside and said "no thanks" almost automatically.

I have felt myself like inside some stupid adult movie.

Several weeks later I have found a freelance gig (which later turned to be almost 2y job) and the business owner told me he have approached Toptal before me and was shocked by their attitude, fees and especially by something around $50k coder take-away fee. Definitely not freelancing.

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Re:Ask HN: Where can I find remote or quality oriented freel... by sixtypoundhound on Saturday September 14, 2019 @08:02PM (#20974654)
I'm seeing that dysfunction pattern in a lot of industries. Irrelevant middle-man creating a lot of drama and fees to justify their existence when they can be easily bumped out of the way digitally....
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