Ask HN: Digital nomad developers, how much are you charging?

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by petesergeant • 4 years ago

19 13 4 years ago

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As per the title, really. If your company truly doesn't care about where you are worldwide as long as you show up for scheduled meetings, how much are you currently billing?

gregjor2• 4 years ago

From very low to comfortably high. Rates depends on the kind of work, the location of the customer, and the experience and savvy of the freelancer.

I lived overseas while working for US companies. I met nomads making $20/hr and others charging $150-$300 per hour. A few with specialized skills claimed to charge even more than that.

If you have a full-time job that allows you to live anywhere you should make whatever you make now. If you freelance you charge based on the value of your work to the customer, which has nothing to do with your location.

eaenki3• 4 years ago

How do you specifically find work?

petesergeant• 4 years ago

I’ve used a.team

gregjor2• 4 years ago

I had freelance customers before I went traveling. Now I have an agency to represent me.

I have articles about freelancing and nomading, including finding customers, on my site typicalprogrammer.com. Free, no pop-ups,ads, or affiliate links.

kylemh• 4 years ago

$140/hr

eaenki3• 4 years ago

How do you specifically find work?

soueuls2• 4 years ago

I am being paid between 500$ and 700$ a day. I don't bill based on where I am.

eaenki3• 4 years ago

How do you specifically find work?

soueuls2• 4 years ago

When I quit my job I joined freelancing platform (Malt and Comet because I used to live in France). I got my first well paying gig this way.

Then a friend of mine heard I had done a good job and asked whether I wanted to join him on other things, then I was set.

If your clients are happy they will offer more jobs, recommend you, opportunities will arrive.

I haven't had the need to look for a client ever since

makeitrain• 4 years ago

I’m charging $100/hr for dev work, team coaching, and strategy consulting. My plate is full for the foreseeable future, so I will be raising my rates soon. I find work through my professional network by talking about why devs quit their jobs, and how leaders can build strong, productive teams and retain talent.

cercatrova2• 4 years ago

I used to charge in the hundreds per hour when I still worked, mostly making MVPs for startups. As for how I found work, the work found me basically. I'd get recruiting emails and LinkedIn messages and I'd pitch them that I'd work as a contractor instead of employee and many times they'd accept.

heyarviind2• 4 years ago

I also make MVPs for my ideas and now I am thinking of doing freelancing. hundreds per hour seem to be quite a lot. Could you help me by sharing some points on how can I find such clients who want to build MVPs?

cercatrova2• 4 years ago

Funded startups on CrunchBase is a good starting point.

Ask HN: Digital nomad developers, how much are you charging?

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