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I imagine the risk of not being sued or not paid is a lot higher as well. -
Perhaps but, anecdotally, I’ve never had issues with either in the last 15 years. I think you’re at greater risk with lengthy UK supply chains, perhaps involving multiple intermediaries. Anyway, you can mitigate the risk with good payment terms and insurance.Originally posted by TheDude View PostComment
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Hiya.Originally posted by Burns View Post
Where do you find US clients? In particular, I am looking for the advanced expert Java / JVM languages / cloud space for opportunities now.Comment
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I didn't, I found a little consultancy in the US and reached out to them. That way, I can leave the 'searching for customers' bit on their plate.Originally posted by rocktronAMP View Post
I know the rates that they charge their customers and they're making a decent amount on top of my rate so we're all happy.Comment
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The US market is quite an interesting take, never considered it before, speaking to a quite helpful agent couple of days ago, seems quite a few people are going this way. He also said rates were higher, but lower to what the US locals getting, hence why US companies are ok with taking on people outside of the US.
Was also wondering how to get jobs in the US - he said open up our linkedin profile to looking for jobs in US and/or other countries.
Just a slight take on highest rate, it seems now quite a few people are taking on multiple inside contracts, a fellow contractor at my last place had 3 on the go, the combined rate would be quite something!Comment
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That depends on your skillset. If you have a high-end skillset, it doesn't really matter where you are in the world to most businesses, but US businesses tend to pay at the upper end of international rates, even before the boost from Cable. If your skillset is more typical, then you'll probably struggle to get work overseas without very good contacts.Originally posted by gazelle View PostComment
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What is a high-end skillset these days? Is it devOps/Cloud?Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
I'm currently just a linux bod with some Identity Access Management and just general jack of all trades. Currently getting myself trained up in Cloud and DevOps - seems what all the job boards seem to be requesting these days from an Infrastructure perspective (other than software devs)Comment
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I'm not in IT, so I couldn't tell you, but I'm talking about niche skillsets where you typically need to sell internationally to get consistent work. The US jobs market has been booming, so there was/is a better chance than normal to get work in the US as, say, a coder, but ordinarily the market there is very deep and wide, so there's no real need to look overseas for general skillsets. That said, someone with a generalist skillset may get lucky. On the upside, the Inflation Reduction Act will probably increase demand in the US even further. On the downside, there have been quite a few layoffs in Silicon Valley of late. Either way, you're more likely to succeed if you have good contacts there.Originally posted by gazelle View PostComment
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A friend of mine has billed £1700/day a while ago. I've hit £1200 and am not a million miles off that at the moment, but the market has been incredibly variable over the past few years and these are the types of gig that are a direct sell into the client and more consulting-type in nature (I'm both ex-Big 4 and ex-MBB).
The real money, however, is in training, particularly Agile/Scrum type things. I know trainers who used to easily clear 10k for 2 days work (someone I know did 5 days, all expenses covered in Dubai for 25k).
Not my bag, but great if you want to be mortgage free by 40...Comment
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