r/buhaydigital • u/No_Technician6998 • Oct 21 '24

Client is too good to be true! Freelancers

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Got hired to be an independent contractor for a very very young start up in the US.

My clients are 2 young tech guys trying to make it big into AI. Their product is sooo good investors are lining up at their doorstep. They started making in big a few weeks after I started with them.

Grabe, sobrang bait at galante nila.

Once a week lang kami nag z-zoom, I work on flexible time. I am getting paid $8/hr for 40hrs a week pero yung totoong workload ko is less than 10 hours sa isang linggo.

May isang time, sabi ni Client A "I need you to test an app in a couple of phones" pinadalhan nya ako ng Google Pixel 9, and iPhone 14! (May ibang unit pa and tablets not worth mentioning 😂)Brand new lahat. Yung ending I have about a dozen of new phones na low to midrange to test out the apps.

Next, they wanted to employ me directly. Not as an independent contractor anymore.

They will pay me $16/hr full time Annual HMO Flexible time They will also send me company merch, company trips, etc.

And the sweetest part? Official onboarding ko with them, they are giving me Apple products as a "sweet" signing bonus 😭

Macbook Air 13 16/512gb Airpods 4 Apple Watch Series 10

Na kumpleto na dream ecosystem ko because of them. 🫶😭✨

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u/CookiesDisney Oct 21 '24

Barya lang sa kanila yan. Congrats OP nanalo ka sa lotto!

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u/No_Technician6998 Oct 21 '24

Totoo! 😭 never sila nag hesitate to pay for the best. Even yung UI/UX designers nila na kinuha to revamp the site costs 1M php per month! Lagay natin nasa 3-4 months yung buong design revamp. Grabeee winner gumastos. Ngayon lang ako naka encounter ng ganito haha

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u/Fun-Investigator3256 Oct 21 '24

Designer pa lang 1M na. Backend siguro nya 10M to 100M 😆

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u/No_Technician6998 Oct 21 '24

US design firm rin kasi yung kinuha. Bali isang team, lahat gagawin nila. Website, workflows, branding, UI/UX pati yata app. Basta lahat na. Kaya d ako maka refer guys kasi dun na lahat ng need nila 😭

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u/heccinCat Oct 21 '24

OP baka need din nila ng QA 😅😂

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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset_4983 Oct 21 '24

Up baka may QA dyan ahahaha

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u/louranthy Oct 22 '24

Baka need ng backend dev 😀

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u/Wide-Cockroach8398 Oct 21 '24

Baka hiring pa po ng UI/UX hehe

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u/Fun-Investigator3256 Oct 21 '24

Nahiya ka pa OP hindi u pinili ung Macbook Pro M3 Max? Hahahaha

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u/No_Technician6998 Oct 21 '24

Hahahah huy grabe! 😂 medyo may hiya pa ko ng slight hahaha

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u/Fun-Investigator3256 Oct 21 '24

Di u din inupgrade ung Air to max specs? Very little daw ung $1700 e. Next time dapat max out ng specs para sulit. Hahahahahahaha!

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u/CookiesDisney Oct 21 '24

Sanay kasi tayo sa mga Pilipinong boss na nagtitipid haha. Culture shock din ako ngayon, first day ko sa work equipment provided naka Apple kami.

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u/katsukatsu08 Oct 21 '24

hello, im a ui ux designer and is it possible pa mag apply sa startup nila? i might be able to send my cv and such if its okay

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u/zenitsu-uwu Oct 21 '24

(2) baka need pa nila ng UI/UX designers haha congrats po! 🥳

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u/Sea_Impression_7656 Oct 21 '24

Baka hiring pa sila ui designers 😭😭 sanaol

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u/Maximum-Violinist158 Oct 21 '24

Yun nga kaya nga nung nakita ko replies mo OP na binabawe yung airpods , ako ay parang “naku wag, tanggapin mo kasi deserve mo naman yan!”

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Reminds me of that scene in Eurotrip. Nung nag tip sila ng coin sa staff sabi mag start na daw sya ng Hotel HAHAHA