Why are tech skills worthless as a freelancer? (apply, middle class, jobs)
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I work in software development , engineering and cloud computing. I am not an expert in any one of these fields, but my combined knowledge makes me a valued asset of a large manufacturing corporation.
I recently got laid off and tried to earn some money being a freelancer on sites like upwork.com . It is shocking how much competition and talent there is. Folks in India and Russia with far deeper expertise than me charge less than $15/hour. Wtf! Why are corporations willing to pay me $100+k/year for skills they can get much cheaper through upwork?
Is it like the movie Trading Places, where anyone can do my job ? Is the only reason I am being chosen is because of my "class" ! I never thought that movie would apply to tech, but it seems so!
After 7 months in the job search I have landed another $100k/year job with a large corporation. But it is shocking that my skills are so worthless outside a large corporation!
That's depressing! I was thinking of making $$$ online too. But one advantage is that I live in America and can work locally, too. I hate that Indian Engineers or so can underbid us on upwork.com, and probably use pirated software, too.
"it will continue until their jobs come up to $6 per hour and ours come down to $6 per hour."
My advice to young people is to beware getting into a job where your finished output is a computer file that can be transmitted over the internet. It will put you in direct competition with all those smart and hungry folks from Asia.
Yeah, back then I wanted Ross Perot as President, too. But there are "Overlords" in America that don't want some things to happen certain ways... Maybe that's why they killed JFK.
Yeah, back then I wanted Ross Perot as President, too. But there are "Overlords" in America that don't want some things to happen certain ways... Maybe that's why they killed JFK.
If you're the praying sort, keep President Trump in your prayers. Lots of the powers that be don't like him, either.
If you're the praying sort, keep President Trump in your prayers. Lots of the powers that be don't like him, either.
I think they're pretty sure they can take him down or at least stall his agenda with the whole "Trumped up" Russia collusion thing, so they won't have to resort to cruder methods. The Agenda will continue apace, much to the delight of the elites and the peasantry alike.
I work in software development , engineering and cloud computing. I am not an expert in any one of these fields, but my combined knowledge makes me a valued asset of a large manufacturing corporation.
I recently got laid off and tried to earn some money being a freelancer on sites like upwork.com . It is shocking how much competition and talent there is. Folks in India and Russia with far deeper expertise than me charge less than $15/hour. Wtf! Why are corporations willing to pay me $100+k/year for skills they can get much cheaper through upwork?
They might have more experience than you, but that doesn't mean they will perform better. Companies do not trust freelancers from India and for a good reason. A lot of them take shortcuts or use anti-patterns that is going to hurt the company in the long run.
For instance take a look at the answer to this quora question. How will your company know that this won't happen to them?
If you're the praying sort, keep President Trump in your prayers. Lots of the powers that be don't like him, either.
Yeah, it was in the News that even a lot of witch covens are ganging up after him... Yeah, he's somewhat Catholic.
You know, Obama's Administration was very evil and crap. It's good Trump is firing many Obama people. Some people even think Obama was an Anti-Christ!
I even suffered under a witch. My mom, on her deathbed, said never to share an Apt with roommates. Tried that twice and it was extremely bad luck. Last landlord was "The Witch of Berwyn..." Yeah, I guess she tried to get me killed and she put many spells on me, - I guess...
And the World is getting more EVIL. So much crap goes on nowadays... I guess Christ's second coming will be within a few years, too?
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