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If they are going to pay for 1/10 a developer, is anything stopping you from picking up 10 of these orgs as employers at the same time and delivering 1/10 of yo

If they are going to pay for 1/10 a developer, is anything stopping you from picking up 10 of these orgs as employers at the same time and delivering 1/10 of your effort to each?

biesnecker 7y ago
The switching costs alone would eat half your day, and of course they're hoping to get much more than 1/10th of a developer despite only paying for 1/10th of one.
- floren 7y ago
  So if you're a 10X developer, and switching jobs will eat up half your time... you could take 5 jobs and provide 1 developer's worth of skill to each, right? Until Fred Brooks shows up and slaps you.
  - martin1975 7y ago
    Brooks slapped everyone decades ago and it's still ringing in all of ours' ears.
x3ro 7y ago
Not sure if serious, but probably the contract you'd sign (at least in Germany there's usually a non-compete in there somewhere). Also it feels like this would be a lot more effort than just working one well-paying job. Imagine all the context switching...
- marcus_holmes 7y ago
  I thought everyone had agreed that non-competes weren't enforceable (because they're basically a restriction on trade, and that's illegal)? Are they still a thing?
  - kingnothing 7y ago
    Non-competes are legal and enforceable in many states in the US.
    - marcus_holmes 7y ago
      good to know, thanks.
- cannonedhamster 7y ago
  Non competes only matter if they're competing. At the price they are offering I'd spend about 1/2 an hour trolling stack overflow for random bits of code, push whatever I find whether it is relevant or not and call it a day. This kind of blind abuse is literally to encourage H1B abuse. They are just going to use this to claim they couldn't find a local resource and export the job. It's illegal and should be cracked down on harder than a fleck of marijuana in Texas. It's apparently a felony to have weed in Texas, why is it not a felony to commit employment fraud/H1b fraud? You're destroying lives other than your own in one case and just enjoying yourself in another.
jjeaff 7y ago
No, because these people are expecting full time work for 1/10 pay.
- magashna 7y ago
  But if you get paid that 1/10 10 times in one month then fired, who cares, you already made out with 10 checks.
gcheong 7y ago
I think andrew_19’s comment about the guy who subcontracted the jobs out to people where 1/10 salary is thought to be hitting the jackpot is probably the better way to go here if you’re even seriously considering the job in the first place. The main problem there is making sure your contract explicitly allows or at least doesn’t prohibit you from farming the work out.

If they are going to pay for 1/10 a developer, is anything stopping you from picking up 10 of these orgs as employers at the same time and delivering 1/10 of your effort to each?

biesnecker 7y ago

The switching costs alone would eat half your day, and of course they're hoping to get much more than 1/10th of a developer despite only paying for 1/10th of one.

floren 7y ago
So if you're a 10X developer, and switching jobs will eat up half your time... you could take 5 jobs and provide 1 developer's worth of skill to each, right? Until Fred Brooks shows up and slaps you.
- martin1975 7y ago
  Brooks slapped everyone decades ago and it's still ringing in all of ours' ears.

x3ro 7y ago

Not sure if serious, but probably the contract you'd sign (at least in Germany there's usually a non-compete in there somewhere). Also it feels like this would be a lot more effort than just working one well-paying job. Imagine all the context switching...

marcus_holmes 7y ago
I thought everyone had agreed that non-competes weren't enforceable (because they're basically a restriction on trade, and that's illegal)? Are they still a thing?
- kingnothing 7y ago
  Non-competes are legal and enforceable in many states in the US.
  - marcus_holmes 7y ago
    good to know, thanks.
cannonedhamster 7y ago
Non competes only matter if they're competing. At the price they are offering I'd spend about 1/2 an hour trolling stack overflow for random bits of code, push whatever I find whether it is relevant or not and call it a day. This kind of blind abuse is literally to encourage H1B abuse. They are just going to use this to claim they couldn't find a local resource and export the job. It's illegal and should be cracked down on harder than a fleck of marijuana in Texas. It's apparently a felony to have weed in Texas, why is it not a felony to commit employment fraud/H1b fraud? You're destroying lives other than your own in one case and just enjoying yourself in another.

jjeaff 7y ago

No, because these people are expecting full time work for 1/10 pay.

magashna 7y ago
But if you get paid that 1/10 10 times in one month then fired, who cares, you already made out with 10 checks.

gcheong 7y ago

I think andrew_19’s comment about the guy who subcontracted the jobs out to people where 1/10 salary is thought to be hitting the jackpot is probably the better way to go here if you’re even seriously considering the job in the first place. The main problem there is making sure your contract explicitly allows or at least doesn’t prohibit you from farming the work out.