[loloquhwonedeo]

"quality at a fraction of price compared to what they can get elsewhere." - not sure about this part. I moved from $LATAM_COUNTRY to $A_COUNTRY_NORTH_OF_MEXICO precisely because given my skill level, compensation was too low and my work too undervalued. Remote should leverage the playing field in the other direction: expect to be paid as well as you would if you lived in a more developed country. Insist on it. Don't undersell yourself.

[cambalache]

You are the product here, or well, people like the former you in theory."Cheap" developers, the American companies win, this "innovative" company wins, and the developers get screwed. Do you want to work with American companies? Open an US account as a person or as an LLC (it is very easy these days) and request to be paid there in USD.

[juliantorresgo]

However opening up an LLC and a bank account is not that easy, when you are from latin america, and receiving the money in a US bank account implies you have to report to the IRS.

[cambalache]

Opening an LLC as a sole foreign proprietor is very easy. Not only that, if you dont physically conduct business in the states (as in a developer programming from outside) you dont pay any taxes in America (you still have to file of course). Getting a bank account is also easy with an established LLC, directly with Mercury or indirectly through Stripe.

https://www.llcuniversity.com/irs/how-to-apply-for-ein-witho...

[scastillo]

Report to IRS is not a bug is a feature you have to pay taxes somewhere and there are plenty of non double taxation agreements within the US and Latam.

[juliantorresgo]

Amazing. Thanks for the feedback. With your help we can get better.

[complianceowl]

Excelente lo que estan logrando amigo. Dios los prospere en todo lo que estan emprendiendo. Saludos de Chicago.

[juliantorresgo]

Muchas gracias por la buena energia!

[sdevonoes]

Agree. In decent remote-first companies the "quality at a fraction of price compared to what they can get elsewhere" makes no sense at all.

[juliantorresgo]

Average software developer compensation in the US can be around 100k to 120k . In latin america you can get excellent top tier tech talent for 30k-40k.

[scastillo]

In my experience you can't get Colombian top developers for less than 60k

[juliantorresgo]

Happy to make some introductions and get you that talent. Email us!

[loloquhwonedeo]

Thanks for making my point with actual data :) (to restate: if the US pays 100K for this skillset, don't sell yourself cheap at 30K. Where you are only matters to local companies.)

[juliantorresgo]

Thank you for your comment. Completely agree.