Yesterday I had my kickoff call with a new client from Germany. Analyzing the sale, which is always a good idea, I was thinking about why he didn’t even blink an eye at my hourly rate. It truly is a bit higher than many can get away with charging for web development work, and I often have to defend the rate. I’m worth it, of course, but that isn’t really the point.
The point is that he didn’t even flinch at the rate. I thought about it. Maybe my blogging at CodersEye is so great and such a credibility enhancer that he was primed for me. Possibly my work with the Satchmo open-source Shopping Cart Engine was the selling point. Those help of course, but they also help me with my U.S. customers.
Then I realized the key difference. He’s German. To him, with an incredibly strong Euro, my rate was normal, or even a bit cheap. Haha! I’m the cheap outsourced labor now.
So how do I feel, being exploited
I feel wonderful. I can charge my preferred hourly rate, so I win. He can pay me at a reasonable-to-him rate so he wins. If this is exploitation, I’m all for it. Please, exploit me.
Hey all you Europeans! Outsource to the newly cheap American programmers!
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Being a European who does outsource some web work, I have noticed how suddenly competitive Americans have become over the last few months. Good luck to you.
Like the site BTW.
Best wishes, Stuart
now you seen how the Chinese, africans, indians feel about outsourcing, it sure as hell beats farming rice all day
It also beats driving a frickin’ hour each way to work. Seriously, every day I watch the news while making breakfast and I often find myself shaking my head thinking of the wasted of life that commuting truly is.
I did that? Really? Ouch.