Basecamp doesn’t employ anyone in SF, but now we pay everyone as though all did
Well done. Personally, as a remote developer, I always make a point of billing at my &quot;Bay Area Rate&quot;, even though I&#x27;ve never lived there.<p>There was a point, early in my guy-on-the-beach-with-a-laptop era where I would cut my bill rate in half while working from the beach with a laptop. Clients were happy about that, and it more than paid for beers and thatch huts. Then one time I tried <i>not</i> cutting my bill rate in half on a proposal. Nobody but me seemed to notice. So now I don&#x27;t do that anymore.<p>As the article so nicely points put, the work you&#x27;re doing is exactly the same regardless of where you do it from. Charge accordingly.<p>It&#x27;s true that living costs are less in other places. It makes a lot more sense for that difference to be captured by <i>me</i> rather than somebody else&#x27;s company.<p>Glad to see these guys stepping up and setting an example from the employer side.