I couldn't find much information about Toptal freelance developer rates online. What is your hourly rate on Toptal? What's your YOE, skillset and location? Also do you know how much does Toptal cut from client's pay? For me, my rate is 50 USD. I'm a Java backend developer with 8 YOE. I'm based in Eastern Europe.
Toptal doesn compare to FAANG
Its better than FAANG
Ha! They take 50% of your salary.
I think it's a reasonable rate for EE given your YOE. Probably you could go a little bit up. Based on my estimates they could sell you anywhere from 85 to 130 per hour.
how about the rate in Luxembourg for 5YOE backend developer ?
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You can go 100+ easily. They do charge 50% commission.
Where are you based and what’s your YOE? Recruiters are hesitating to increase my rate from 70 to 90, because of my region (eastern europe).
None of their business. Tell them to just do it. It is in their interest to keep your rate lower.
As a SWE Toptal is a TERRIBLE idea. Why give up 1/2 of your salary when people are falling all over you to hire you?
Not everyone lives in rich countries and here, people falling all over us pay less than Toptal.
there’s a site for that: https://hourly.fyi
I’d pay 3000/hr for a haskell dev as good as me