Sorry, I didn't mean to come across as an insensitive employer (I was an underpaid dev before so I know the frustration) but I really can't afford a full time US/UK/AUS developer who makes 2~3 times my current revenues.
I'm willing to pay top dollars if I could but right now I need to make my bootstrapped stuff stretch with every dollar. Once you take the helm of a business, it's painfully clear how expensive hiring people is.
I'm trying to build something like Patreon for open source developers where you get paid to work on open source projects the community requests.
I am actively trying to help people get paid, there's not much money that goes into my pocket, I'm doing this because I believe that 1) Open source is going to eat commercial software 2) Developers should be able to easily find side income or full time income without having to drive their wages to the floor on freelancer websites.
I've hired people from Ukraine, Romania before and they were every bit as good if not better in some aspects. The cost of living there is different and the USD goes a long way in many parts of the world.
I also think it's great to give people meaningful work all over the world, especially in places where they are rare due to structural economic issues.
I'm willing to pay top dollars if I could but right now I need to make my bootstrapped stuff stretch with every dollar. Once you take the helm of a business, it's painfully clear how expensive hiring people is.
I'm trying to build something like Patreon for open source developers where you get paid to work on open source projects the community requests.
I am actively trying to help people get paid, there's not much money that goes into my pocket, I'm doing this because I believe that 1) Open source is going to eat commercial software 2) Developers should be able to easily find side income or full time income without having to drive their wages to the floor on freelancer websites.
I've hired people from Ukraine, Romania before and they were every bit as good if not better in some aspects. The cost of living there is different and the USD goes a long way in many parts of the world.
I also think it's great to give people meaningful work all over the world, especially in places where they are rare due to structural economic issues.