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Wow, fantastic. Cool story too. So, how often was your developer in Canada at the movies when you called? Haha

Clients who won't pay for retainers (with optional SLA attachments for emergencies, if required) shouldn't make public quips about their contract developers being at the movies. The market is such that I do not have to be available 24/7 for $100/hour, billable in 15-minute increments, no matter how much startup CEOs wish this wasn't the case.

You're right nthj, we didn't mean to complain or to understate the important of amazing development!

> The market is such that I do not have to be available 24/7 for $100/hour, billable in 15-minute increments, no matter how much startup CEOs wish this wasn't the case.

Agreed.

Think that, in any market, for any talent, this would be a ridiculous arrangement for any manager/CEO to propose of a remote hire.

I think the author of this blog probably mentioned that anecdote as a comedic way to highlight the challenges of having product built remotely.

As someone part of a team who advocates for / tries to enable developers to work remotely (and employers to hire remotely), frankly, I'm happy to hear (and get excited by) stories of such arrangements working out for all parties!

More often than we'd like! All jokes aside, he's been great and is very reliable for us.

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