Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote workers in LATAM

Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by loloquhwonedeo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:38AM (#26180216)

"quality at a fraction of price compared to what they can get elsewhere." - not sure about this part. I moved from $LATAM_COUNTRY to $A_COUNTRY_NORTH_OF_MEXICO precisely because given my skill level, compensation was too low and my work too undervalued. Remote should leverage the playing field in the other direction: expect to be paid as well as you would if you lived in a more developed country. Insist on it. Don't undersell yourself.

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by cambalache on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:48AM (#26181203)

You are the product here, or well, people like the former you in theory."Cheap" developers, the American companies win, this "innovative" company wins, and the developers get screwed. Do you want to work with American companies? Open an US account as a person or as an LLC (it is very easy these days) and request to be paid there in USD.

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by juliantorresgo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:37AM (#26181969)

However opening up an LLC and a bank account is not that easy, when you are from latin america, and receiving the money in a US bank account implies you have to report to the IRS.

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by cambalache on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:25PM (#26184294)

Opening an LLC as a sole foreign proprietor is very easy. Not only that, if you dont physically conduct business in the states (as in a developer programming from outside) you dont pay any taxes in America (you still have to file of course). Getting a bank account is also easy with an established LLC, directly with Mercury or indirectly through Stripe.

https://www.llcuniversity.com/irs/how-to-apply-for-ein-witho...

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by scastillo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:48AM (#26182138)

Report to IRS is not a bug is a feature you have to pay taxes somewhere and there are plenty of non double taxation agreements within the US and Latam.

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by juliantorresgo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:57AM (#26182282)

Amazing. Thanks for the feedback. With your help we can get better.

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by complianceowl on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:26PM (#26182705)

Excelente lo que estan logrando amigo. Dios los prospere en todo lo que estan emprendiendo. Saludos de Chicago.

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by juliantorresgo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:39PM (#26182909)

Muchas gracias por la buena energia!

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by sdevonoes on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:15AM (#26181656)

Agree. In decent remote-first companies the "quality at a fraction of price compared to what they can get elsewhere" makes no sense at all.

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by juliantorresgo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:38AM (#26181983)

Average software developer compensation in the US can be around 100k to 120k . In latin america you can get excellent top tier tech talent for 30k-40k.

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by scastillo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:52AM (#26182204)

In my experience you can't get Colombian top developers for less than 60k

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by juliantorresgo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:58AM (#26182296)

Happy to make some introductions and get you that talent. Email us!

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by loloquhwonedeo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:41PM (#26186817)

Thanks for making my point with actual data :) (to restate: if the US pays 100K for this skillset, don't sell yourself cheap at 30K. Where you are only matters to local companies.)

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Re:Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote wo... by juliantorresgo on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:44AM (#26180302)

Thank you for your comment. Completely agree.

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