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Comment by Sholmesy | Hacker News Reader

Hey there,

Londoner here feeling quite constrained with salaries, curious where you find 130-150/hr remote gigs. Mostly through a personal network? Or a recruiter? Really curious.

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There are always extraordinary claims like this in big threads about salaries, but they never seem to be backed up.

My guess is it is mostly unusual situations which can't be easily explained or replicated.

Same here. I would love to find those remote gigs at that price. I am contracting in London in the data space and would jump at the opportunity to work remotely for that amount.

There definitely is a very real salary ceiling in the tech world in London.

How do you like contracting?

I'm on salary at the moment, but it would take a lot for me to make anything near what the day rates for 3/6 month contracts are paying.

I am really liking contracting. It is just a different way of working compared to permanent but I prefer it. I am ex consulting so like the ability to have new projects / clients on a 3 to 6 month basis. It also allows for a lot of freedom.

One thing to remember though is that those day rates do get taxed pretty much the same as a permanent job if you pay all your earnings out to yourself. The tax laws have closed a lot of the loop holes.

I would be very happy to discuss contracting further if you were interested. Drop me an email if you want.

On LinkedIn, set your region filter to bay area, look for remote.

Try using stack overflows job search tools, set to remote.

Try angel.co, be upfront about wanting remote.

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