Are there any other TopCoders here?

[d000hg]

What he said.

That just isn't true. They don't do pieces of work for £100. Development (coding) generally pay ~£250 and design (UML) ~£400 per chunk of work. With bonuses it works out more like double that.

Take a look here: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?&ph=112&module=LeaderBoard
Those amounts are the BONUSES those guys earned in 3 months, they don't include the actual payments.

Are you sure you guys aren't confusing it with RentaCoder, which IS full of Asians working at £8 per hour?

[RandyW]

That just isn't true. They don't do pieces of work for £100. Development (coding) generally pay ~£250 and design (UML) ~£400 per chunk of work. With bonuses it works out more like double that.

Take a look here: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?&ph=112&module=LeaderBoard
Those amounts are the BONUSES those guys earned in 3 months, they don't include the actual payments.

Are you sure you guys aren't confusing it with RentaCoder, which IS full of Asians working at £8 per hour?

Are you sure you're not working for them?

[BrowneIssue]

If you want friendly people, pop over to Test Please Delete in Light Relief.

We don't flame people in there...

Except zeity...

Yeah, but zeity is different. He's a Giant Alien Lizard with thick scaly skin.

[d000hg]

Are you sure you're not working for them?

Ha! No I'm not... I just don't like to see false facts bandied around!

[Cowboy Bob]

Take a look here: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?&ph=112&module=LeaderBoard
Those amounts are the BONUSES those guys earned in 3 months, they don't include the actual payments.

Yeah, but even the absolute top person only got $96,246.86 (which is only £48,292.34 according to XE.com). Whilst this is kind of impressive, part of it was a prize fund, and on top of that the person probably had to work all the hours God sends to get it. If you look down at the number 40 person who got $895.52 (£449.33), well I earn that in one 7.5 hour day, which is far less impressive.

When you compare the fact that the top 50% (and almost 100% of the coders) on this site are probably on a steady £100,000 per year or more, you soon realise that whilst TopCoder may be better than some other sites out there, it still has a long way to go to match those contractors with their own Ltd companies working in the traditional way.

[dude69]

Yeah, but even the absolute top person only got $96,246.86 (which is only £48,292.34 according to XE.com). Whilst this is kind of impressive, part of it was a prize fund, and on top of that the person probably had to work all the hours God sends to get it. If you look down at the number 40 person who got $895.52 (£449.33), well I earn that in one 7.5 hour day, which is far less impressive.

When you compare the fact that the top 50% (and almost 100% of the coders) on this site are probably on a steady £100,000 per year or more, you soon realise that whilst TopCoder may be better than some other sites out there, it still has a long way to go to match those contractors with their own Ltd companies working in the traditional way.

And not just that, but AIR, Topcoder is some sort of geek penis-measuring thing where you have to be a super geniuses capable of coming up with complex algorithms in machine code inside 15 minute deadlines.

Where I work everyone is on £500+/day and half of the contractors don't even know what an algorithm IS.

[lilelvis2000]

When you compare the fact that the top 50% (and almost 100% of the coders) on this site are probably on a steady £100,000 per year or more, you soon realise that whilst TopCoder may be better than some other sites out there, it still has a long way to go to match those contractors with their own Ltd companies working in the traditional way.

100K - okay I want leads on these contracts. I ain't earning even half that!
'course I live north of Watford (aka rich-poor divide).

[Gonzo]

100K - okay I want leads on these contracts. I ain't earning even half that!
'course I live north of Watford (aka rich-poor divide).

Work in London. Even support monkeys can earn that sort of money here.

[max]

100K - okay I want leads on these contracts. I ain't earning even half that!
'course I live north of Watford (aka rich-poor divide).

get yourself a train timetable son....40min commute and you'll triple your rate..

[RandyW]

get yourself a train timetable son....40min commute and you'll triple you rate..

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