Thanks for the link. Matches my experience quite closely:
1) They refused to set the rate I asked for. It was "too much for someone from Eastern Europe", so they set it to half that.
2) Despite going along with that, I never managed to get any contract through them - probably because they don't focus on C# that much. Even when I find something interesting and apply, I usually don't hear back for at least a couple of weeks.
It is extremely possible that I'm just not a good fit for the jobs, or that I am indeed asking for too much, but so far my experience with the site has been... underwhelming.
Hei there, I am just reading up and I think it's extremely unfortunate. Luckily, I have witnessed different experiences. I especially appreciate that they are running an internal Slack where community members are supporting each other and several Toptal employees are usually available for feedback on job applications one has currently running. Regarding rates, I cannot complain, eastern European here as well :)
1) They refused to set the rate I asked for. It was "too much for someone from Eastern Europe", so they set it to half that.
2) Despite going along with that, I never managed to get any contract through them - probably because they don't focus on C# that much. Even when I find something interesting and apply, I usually don't hear back for at least a couple of weeks.
It is extremely possible that I'm just not a good fit for the jobs, or that I am indeed asking for too much, but so far my experience with the site has been... underwhelming.