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You can get around this by simply interviewing for a regular dev gig, then telling them you’d prefer to come on board on a contract.

That’s how I’ve negotiated my last several gigs, and it nicely sidesteps the business development issue.

That’s a different thing though? That’s contracting. There are even such contracts day rates on job sites so no need to bait/switch.

But from a UK perspective the premium in the USA for contracting like this is rather low - and you pay both sides of the SS tax.