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<h1 class="wp-block-heading">A Comparison Of Two Markets/</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">San Francisco, United States:</h2>



<ul>
<li>Frontend developer hourly rates &#8211; $70-$100 per hour</li>



<li>Time to hire &#8211; 2-6 months</li>



<li>Risk &#8211; High costs of failure</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Eastern Europe:</h2>



<ul>
<li>Freelance Frontend developer hourly rate &#8211; $20-$38 per hour</li>



<li>Time to hire &#8211; within weeks</li>



<li>Risk &#8211; Usually only what you invest with short notice periods</li>
</ul>



<p class="snippet">In San Francisco, you will pay up to 5x the cost and take on much more risk to hire a full-time frontend developer.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What That Means On A Team</h2>



<p>This means that with a team based in Eastern Europe you could have a lead designer, a frontend and backend developer, a product manager, and a project manager for the cost of your frontend developer in San Francisco. Enough to basically drive your project forward while you enjoy yourself.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What That Means For Production</h2>



<p>Again, not everything is about cost. You want to have the right team locally to drive things forward. You want to build your team to win in your industry. That doesn’t mean that your local team won’t benefit from a couple of remote team members to help them out. Even for some of the most demanding jobs in the world like Banking and Consulting, you will find that they actually have remote teams helping them to deliver every single day. For the professions most focused on execution in the world, remote talent helps them get there.</p>


The Cost Advantage of Going Global.

The Cost Advantage of Going Global/


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Flexibility</h2>



<p class="snippet"><strong>Working with freelance software developers gives you total flexibility with your project. This is great with entrepreneurs who need to move quickly and sometimes just want to build out a test to see if it works. Most often it is that there will be a period where heavy frontend, backend, or specialized support will be needed and by bringing on a freelancer you give yourself the ability to complete this project without the long-run risk of bringing on an employee that you do not have a clear position for.</strong></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Get Your Product To Market</h2>



<p>Due to the speed at which freelance talent is accessible and the amount of work you can get done for your money, it makes a huge difference when getting your product to market on time. We have had the experience of building many products both for ourselves and others where freelance talent always played a critical role in getting the work done on time.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Build Your Team At The Right Pace</h2>



<p>Everyone needs to get work done but we underestimate how careful we need to be when hiring full-time employees. This is one of the top reasons that companies fail, hiring too fast. We believe that each role needs to have a clear definition and bring long-term value to the core team. The problem is that many roles at a company today are going to be project-based or will not require a full-time commitment. This is where Freelance talent can help you. We actually always start projects off on a freelance basis, if it starts to grow into something significant that will stick around for the long run then we start to look for an expert to lead that project long-term.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">It Works Great For Companies At All Stages</h2>



<p>All companies can benefit from freelance talent, from large companies to early-stage startups. In fact, smaller companies who could probably benefit the most from working with freelance software developers are the least aware of this advantage. Every large company has already learned to master the global economy and often has offices around the world to help them leverage a global workforce. Still, there is much more that can be done to leverage freelance talent in an even better way.</p>


Why Remote Developers Work Best For Most Companies_

Why Remote Developers Work Best For Most Companies/


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<p><strong>In this blog post, we explore the key features of ChatGPT, OpenAI&#8217;s revolutionary language model built on the GPT-4 architecture. Designed to deliver highly accurate and contextually relevant responses, ChatGPT is transforming the way we communicate, collaborate, and access information. Key features of ChatGPT include:</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Natural Language Understanding: ChatGPT&#8217;s advanced language understanding capabilities enable it to comprehend complex sentences and answer questions accurately.</li>



<li>Context Awareness: The ability to understand and retain context throughout a conversation allows ChatGPT to provide coherent and meaningful responses.</li>



<li>Multi-Lingual Support: ChatGPT&#8217;s extensive language support makes it a versatile communication tool for users across the globe.</li>



<li>Customization &amp; Adaptability: By fine-tuning the model, users can tailor ChatGPT to specific domains, industries, or applications, increasing its relevance and effectiveness.</li>



<li>Creative Content Generation: From writing articles and summaries to generating creative ideas, ChatGPT is a powerful tool for content creation.</li>



<li>Real-time Assistance &amp; Collaboration: By integrating ChatGPT into various platforms, users can access real-time assistance for tasks such as programming, brainstorming, and research.</li>



<li>Ethical Considerations: OpenAI is committed to addressing potential biases and ensuring that ChatGPT is used responsibly.</li>
</ul>



<p>The best way to learn more about ChatGPT is to just play with it yourself. It generated this post to go along with Andrey&#8217;s video.</p>


Andrej Karpathy Shows You How To Build Your Own Version of ChatGPT


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Experience</h2>



<p class="snippet"><strong>Nothing beats first-hand experience. In order to get a job at a top USA company, you need to make sure you have put in the work and have several years of professional development experience. It is possible to get a remote job with a USA company with only 3 years of experience in your tech stack, however, it is much more common for developers to have 5+ years of experience with their technology stack.</strong></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Projects</h2>



<p>The first thing that clients will want to see is the projects you have worked with in the past. If you are a front-end engineer they will want to see some of the frontends that you have built. If you are a backend engineer they will want a tour of some of the admin panels you have built functionalities for, they will want you to show them that you are excellent at what you do. A great set of projects is the most powerful way you can show off to a client. When a client can see you have worked with 5+ companies building excellent production-grade applications they will know right away that you are someone who can deliver for them.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">In-Demand Skills</h2>



<p>In order to even be considered for many jobs to you need to make sure that your skillset is up to date with modern technologies. These days most new tech is built in React, Node.js, C#, Go, Vue, Flutter, iOS, and Android to name a few. Older technologies like Java are still used by many large companies, however, very few new projects are built in Java from day 1.</p>



<p>Make sure that you have a tech stack that is up to date with the times. This will allow you to compete for more interesting jobs and also higher pay.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Clean Code</h2>



<p>Smart companies want developers who can write clean &amp; maintained code. They want to know what design patterns you follow, how you organize your components and logic, how you document your code, etc. Developers who have built many applications and have a great understanding of how to write their applications in the most modern and effective way stand out in interviews. Even if you are just getting started make sure you learn how to build your frontend/backend in the most modern and effective way. Practice writing documentation for your code and setting things up so that they are built to last.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Testing</h2>



<p>If you want to take it one step further start to master your understanding of unit testing your code. This is a more advanced topic typically used on larger professional projects. However, getting a strong foundation in these skills will set you up for just these types of jobs in the future. You will need to learn how to design, run, and measure your tests to make sure that your code is ready to deploy.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Strong English &amp; Communication Skills</h2>



<p>Working with a USA company means that you must have strong English and communication skills. You don’t need to be perfect but you need to be able to function in development meetings without slowing things down. Generally, if you are struggling to speak without getting stuck you should work on sharpening your English skills in order to make sure you advance in interviews. The good thing is that with skilled professions like development your experience will speak volumes for you even if your English is not excellent. However, there is no substitute for good communication skills. You need to make sure you are always asking good questions and working to proactively update the client on where you are at and where things are going. Developers who communicate well always win in the eyes of clients.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading">Your Options To Get The Job/</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Apply To Companies</h2>



<p>You can apply to companies directly by searching online for companies that are looking for developers. This is a tedious process and will likely take many applications before you get any results. In addition, many of these companies will be looking to hire local talent and will be less open to hiring you to join their team.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Work Freelance</h2>



<p>You can work as a freelancer on platforms like Upwork and Fivvr. However, as almost everyone on those platforms learns the small projects are not worth it for all the time you need to invest in trying to get projects. You can get lucky and find something long-term but most projects will be short deadlines and poorly defined requirements.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Join slashdev.io</h2>



<p>By joining slashdev.io top engineers can get connected to a pool of USA companies looking to hire part-time and full-time software engineers. You will be able to make more money than you would be able to on your own while at the same time working a long-term job that you can settle into and grow within. 90% of slashdev.io engineers are working full-time with companies on a long-term basis. These are fast-growing cutting-edge companies with interesting products and solutions to work with.</p>



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How To Get Hired As A Remote Software Engineer For A USA Company.

How To Get Hired As A Remote Software Engineer For A USA Company/


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What Is Frontend Development?</h2>



<p class="snippet">Frontend development is the development of the visual side of websites. It is what you see when you look at a website on your phone or your computer. In frontend development, this code is built separately from the backend which handles the data and complex logic of the application.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">React &#8211; The Clear #1 Frontend Web Framework</h2>



<p>React is easily the top frontend framework in 2022. Development by Facebook in 2011 to help build modern frontend experiences for the Facebook platform. Since then it has risen to become the most popular framework in the world for frontend development. There is really not a close number 2 for frontend development compared to React. It also has the functionality of React Native allowing you to build your website and your mobile application in the same codebase. Due to the virtual DOM functionality, React is loved for its superior performance and is considered one of the easiest frameworks to learn. A virtual DOM can be thought of as a blueprint that allows you to work faster on the high-level design without messing with all the plumbing of really moving things around. This makes it much faster to develop and change things in React. The momentum behind the React community is what is really driving it forward. More and more developers are learning React every single day. This means a stronger community with more support for new features and complex applications.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Vue &#8211; A Modern Running Up</h2>



<p>Vue is the clear number 2 behind React as a frontend web framework. Vue was developed by one of the creators of React with the goal of being a more simplistic and easy-to-write frontend framework. It is well supported and has excellent documentation. All around an excellent framework. Vue developers will have a harder time going to React than React developers going to Vue. Due to the simplicity of Vue it can be great for simple applications. React seems to take the edge when it comes to larger applications.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Svelte &#8211; A Rising Star</h2>



<p>Svelte was created in 2016 by Rich Harris. It was built with performance in mind. Svelte has no virtual DOM and it runs at build time. The lack of a virtual DOM ads a bit of complexity to Svelte in favor of performance. Running at build time means that most of the code is already ready to send when a user clicks something on your website. Rather than building the new page to send to them, Svelte has most of it pre-built to give you that snappy instantaneous loading experience. Svelte is still quite a niche framework compared to React but many developers are interested in trying it out and many successful companies have used it already including nyt.com, spotify.com, and note.com.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Angular &amp; jQuery &#8211; The Old Popular Frameworks</h2>



<p>Not much to say here. There are older frameworks that are on their way out. You can build excellent applications in Angular or jQuery, which many great companies have. Almost nothing new is being built in these frameworks because there are simply better options.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Flutter &#8211; Honorable Mention For A Cross-Platform Framework</h2>



<p>Make sure you take a look at Flutter. Development by Google as a cross-platform web framework Flutter is an amazing technology for building a website iOS app and Android app all in one codebase. Flutter has a ton of momentum and is a great option for anyone building an app first company.</p>


The Top Frontend Development Technologies 2022.

The Top Frontend Development Technologies 2022/


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Best Thing To Do Is Get Started With 1 Full-Time Developer</h2>



<p class="snippet">The best way to get started is to bring in one full-time developer to help you drive forward your project. This always you to get the most for your money, get the full focus of your developer, and move things forward at a fast pace.</p>



<p>Getting started with one developer also helps you learn how to onboard a remote developer to your team, how to work your backlog, and other challenges that you will master along the way.</p>



<p>Most founders will be amazed and how much they can get done with one full-time developer on their team.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">When You Have A CTO Already</h2>



<p>The best situation to make things move quickly and without any roadblocks is if you already have technical skill or a CTO on your team to drive things forward. As you can imagine this allows your freelance talent to jump into the team and immediately start to produce with the support of an experienced professional for any questions they might have.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">When You Need A CTO To Lead The Technical Side Of Your Business</h2>



<p>When you do not have a CTO on your team and are looking to build a technical product you need to make sure that you take your time and make the right decisions. We recommend you find someone that is open to a CTO role and who has experience building exactly the type of platform you are building or very close in technical scope. Then it is always best to give the relationship time to develop before you move forward with making them your CTO, you will want to get to know each other and understand how you operate.</p>


The Right Development Team For Your Venture (CTO Or No CTO

The Right Development Team For Your Venture (CTO Or No CTO?)

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<p class="snippet">Take a look at our annual breakdown of the top web backend frameworks in 2023. Leading the list is the clear leader NodeJS. <br><br>Also learn more about Golang, PHP, Python, C#, and more!</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Backend Development</h2>



<p>&#8220;Backend Development is also known as server-side development. It is everything that the users don&#8217;t see and contains behind-the-scenes activities that occur when performing any action on a website. It focuses primarily on databases, backend logic, APIs, and Servers.&#8221; The top backend development frameworks in 2022 are Node.js, Golang, PHP (Laravel, cakePHP), C# (ASP.NET), Java (Spring), Python (Django/Flask), and Ruby (Ruby on Rails).</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why Use A Backend Framework?</h2>



<p>Separating your backend from your frontend is modern best practice when building web applications. 95% of the time the backend serves as a CRUD application with an API that allows you to send data to and from the frontend of your website. This makes your application more scalable as you can make edits to the backend or frontend without risking the functionality of the other. The frameworks that we will go through below are all built with security in mind. By using a modern backend development framework you have the power of the communities working to ensure that your backend is secure and safe from modern threats. Major companies, banks, and institutions rely on these frameworks including Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and most major companies. You can think of frameworks like building blocks that are already put together for you. They allow you to benefit from the knowledge and progress of others without needing to write everything yourself. In frameworks like Laravel things like login and user management are already built into the codebase from the start. This way your development team doesn’t need to waste time reinventing the wheel.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading">The Top Backend Frameworks in 2022</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Node.js Is The Clear Cut #1 Backend</h2>



<p>Node.js stands out as the best backend framework. It is used by the most modern and cutting edge companies to develop web applications. The list includes Netflix, NASA, Trello, PayPal, LinkedIn, Uber, Twitter, GoDaddy, and more. You simply can’t argue with a list like that. Node.js also allows web developers to build their entire application in JavaScript, making fullstack engineering teams easier than ever. For many year JavaScript was seen as a web framework that could only run with a JavaScript engine in the browser. Chrome helped change that with the opensource v8 JavaScript engine. This allowed the creator of Node.js, Ryan Dahl, to build the Node.js runtime for server side execution of JavaScript. Essentially making it so the backend of the application also had a JavaScript engine in order to execute JavaScript. Ultimately most technologies come down to their efficiency at a use case and the level of support in the community to innovate and move it forward. Node.js has both of these. Node.js is built to be able to handle a large amount of simultaneous interactions, perfect for the web. In fact PayPal saw a 35% reduction in average response time after switching to Node.js. It also boasts a massive and growing community with the most momentum out of any backend framework. Popular Node.js frameworks include Express.js, Adonis.js and others. These include different pre-built elements depending on the project you are working on.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Golang &#8211; The Top Backend Choice For Heavy Computation</h2>



<p>Golang is an awesome programming language that was made specifically with performance in mind. Developed by Google in 2007, Go was made similar to C to make it as efficient as possible when dealing with high-performing concurrent services. It is also useful for many different purposes like Python making it a powerful all around language as well as a backend technology. Go also boasts a load of top companies using it including Google, Dropbox, Riot Games, Twitch, and others. Top companies like Netflix and Uber use both Golang and Node.js. This is because with modern web applications you can write different microservices in different languages, allowing you to use the best performing technology for each specific service needed. Maybe streaming video uses one language, while facial recognition uses another technology. Ultimately, if you are building something big that will be data intensive and complex Golang could be the right backend technology for you. Go is a more specialized language and therefore for the average project it can be more complex than other alternatives.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Python &#8211; Django &amp; Flask</h2>



<p>Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. These days it is often one of the first programming languages people learn in computer science. With this community comes the support of two excellent backend frameworks Django and Flask. As always with Python one of the main reasons it is a popular backend framework is due to the simplicity of the code. Python is almost like readying written text compared to other more complex languages. Python also boasts some of the best frameworks for machine learning and data science including Keras, Pandas, Tensorflow, and others. This means that if you want to build a data intensive application then you only need to have Python developers to build the whole backend.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">C# &#8211; ASP.NET</h2>



<p>ASP.NET written in C# is one of the most popular backend frameworks. As with all things Microsoft it comes with excellent support and a strong community moving the technology forward. Companies using ASP.NET include Slack, Alibaba Travels, Grubhub, CNN, and HBO. C# is a programming language that has been perfected and supported over the years, making it one of the most powerful technologies for building large enterprise applications. You will have a world of documentation at your fingertips, great plugins for VSCode, unit testing ready to roll, and every other feature you could ever need laid out for you. You will also benefit from the support of Microsoft if you ever need it. Building a backend in C# with ASP.NET is not the most modern technology, but it is a robust and powerful framework that would make any technology nerd impressed.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">PHP &#8211; Laravel &amp; CakePHP Come Ready To Deploy</h2>



<p>With PHP you have several popular backend frameworks. We will focus on the most popular Laravel and CakePHP. With these frameworks you get you backend API ready to send routes in almost no-time. For beginners and smaller projects these technologies are excellent as they are some of the fastest to build in. The web itself is built on PHP which has been around since 1994. This means that PHP is very well documented and has a massive community of developers. However, with an older language like PHP you miss out on all the innovation that comes with newer technologies. Luckily in frameworks like Laravel you are working mostly with their documentation that keeps you out of the weeds of regular PHP development. This speeds things up and allows keeps it simple. Unless you have an existing skillset in PHP (Laravel or CakePHP) we would recommend you build with a newer technology like Node.js. However depending on your development team’s skillset PHP can make a lot of sense. We use Laravel ourselves for some services at slashdev.io and have loved it.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Java &#8211; Spring</h2>



<p>Java is the most used programming language in the world followed by Node.js, TypeScript, and C#. It has been around for years and boasts a massive community. It would be considered the oldest and most bulky of the technologies on this list and to be honest we almost never see anything new being built in Java. large companies use Java and have been building with it for years. The support is strong and you can build anything with it. However, for most there are better options (Node.js).</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Ruby &#8211; Ruby on Rails</h2>



<p>Ruby and it’s backend web framework Rails were on top of the world for a few years. Rails was released in 2005 and was a hot new framework for companies building web applications. Ruby was made to be easy to learn and has clear syntax. This makes it similar to Python and easy for developers to pickup. In recent years Ruby on Rails has fallen off with most companies. It has a very small pool of developers making finding talent harder than other languages. It also has been eclipsed by technologies like Node.js and Golang as the most performant new frameworks around. Ruby on Rails is a strong framework and it makes this list for a reason. However if you are looking to build a team around it we have found it to be one the hardest skills on the market to find. Along with this it has lost momentum to other frameworks on the market.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Your Job As CEO/CTO Is To Make The Right Call</h2>



<p>Ultimately, only you understand the inputs and needs for your project. It is your job to consider speed vs. support, hiring vs doing yourself etc. We hope that this helps give you an idea of what we are seeing in our development community so that you can use this knowledge in your own pursuits.</p>


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