having seen several companies' payroll, I'm tempted to agree with you.

Which brings me to the question: If you were in your own company, would you accept 50k or less, sometimes near zero amounts for higher pay in say ten years?

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Quote: It’s similar elsewhere in the new American economy. Last week, the New York Times reported that fewer than half of Google workers are full-time employees. Most are temps and contractors receiving a fraction of the wages and benefits of full-time Googlers, with no job security.

Absolutely. It's either that or you build someone else's company until the day they get rid of you or replace you. With those options, you'd rather hustle from the bottom once you've made a bit of capital from your salary. With 300k a month, you can be humble enough and live on 90k and invest the rest for your company. Better you even start a kiosk side-hustle and burn or succeed while learn one or two things about business. Business is hard and that's why it's profitable because not everybody can do it.

What is this software they have developed? Some examples please.

That income does not qualify to be called a salary.

Consultants earn fees NOT salaries...

At end of the day what pay do you take home yawa - annually over time!!!

You shouldn't. In future, go local, get in touch with me.

Kenyans are very difficult to deal with if you are not used to the style of doing business. Kenyans do not have a standard prices for a service. For instance, when you ask a Kenyan to price his/her services you either get the following answers.

1. How much do you want to pay for it?

2. What is your Budget?

3. Or they give you a ridiculously high price depending on whether they think you are local or foreign based

If you are legitimate business person, you expect a fair price based on the estimated market price for the services; For someone who is not used to how business is done in Kenya asking questions 1 and 2 can be a deal breaker because the answer to question 1 and 2 should not matter or should not determined the price of a service. For question 3, people usually have an idea of estimated price.

Indians will give you a standard price that is consistent to how services are price in India the price variation is small. In Kenya the price variation can be a much as 10X between one provider of service to the other. A lot of time providers of services initial prices is such that there is room for negotiation but if you don't know how business in Kenya is done the initial high prices is a turn off.

Take for instance if you want to change a car tire, a Kenyan might price the cost of the service at ksh 5000, hoping the final price will be ksh 1000. If you are not used to doing business with Kenyans and you hear 5000 and you know the fair price for the services is between 1000 and 1500, you are not even going to try to negotiate.

Give clients fair price and you won't need to negotiate too much. Clients will also feel comfortable that you know what you are doing and that you are a legitimate business person.