I'm not sure who can actually complete on those platforms and actually take pride in their work. I'm sure some people figure it out, but that's not me. I cant design and build you a scratch website for anywhere close $300 or whatever nutty price others can do. Also if you're American your competing with others in much cheaper cost of living areas its just not feasible for popular development work. I have to assume other people resell this work because it can be so absurdly cheap.
Not only American. Us from Europe also have problems because guys from India/Pakistan etc work for peanuts there. They will underbid everything.
The critical aspect is that it's a race to the bottom of the barrel. Everyone wants to either be the cheapest or hire the cheapest, so you end up with a pool of retards on both sides of the equation.
Totally agree. I sometimes apply for some longterm jobs that have decent money on table but still they low ball even there lol
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