*If you, on the other hand, charge them USD 10 per hour, which is a very conservative rate going by US standards* (a rate which they won’t get someone to flip hamburgers in their country), and work 8 hours for 25 days - they can hire you for $2K a month It is a win-win situation for both parties. They get to hire a professional who can do the same work and charge less then half of what they had to pay to a local talent. *You get to make Rs 1.65 lakh a month – which is 3x-5x more than what any average support & ops professional makes in India.* And then there is the talent crisis.