[consulting] Lowball offers

[jcisio]

Even FGM replied, but I want to clarify that: I didn't said about the
40x difference in hourly price, just 40x difference in GDP.

FYI, a normal Drupal developer in Vietnam could easily get 10x the
average income (GDP). I don't want to say about talented developers
who can get 40x. And in the US, one can get 4x the average?

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Hai-Nam Nguyen (aka jcisio)
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Victor Kane <victorkane at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, I see, so it's OK for outside the US, but developers world-wide are
> supposed to earn an insignificant sum?
> Your statement is ridiculous. I am not going to qualify it as it deserves to
> be qualified.
> There are differences in what is charged in different countries, but not of
> the order you are implying (neither 40 times, nor $1000)
> Victor Kane
> http://awebfactory.com.ar
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:18 PM, jcisio <jcisio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Tom Geller <tom at tomgeller.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Is it really a problem? If these lowballers do a bad job, you'll get the
>> > work eventually
>> > -- with a better-educated client. If they do a good job, that means the
>> > market has
>> > shifted, and the rest of us are charging too much.
>> >
>>
>> That's the reason of outsourcing to offshore. The GDP of the US is 40
>> times higher than one of a developing country (and a Macbook Pro in
>> the US is cheaper...).
>>
>> There's simply nothing wrong with that offer. However, posting that in
>> the consulting list, where 90% are in the US, causes problem because
>> there is already a presumption.
>>
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