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I quietly lost ~1.7% of a year's pay to transfer fees. Here's the full breakdown.

A year of getting paid in USD as a remote contractor in Korea, and what I found when I actually reconciled the wire fees. The hidden spread, the routing switch, and a contract clause most people miss.

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I quietly lost ~1.7% of a year's pay to transfer fees. Here's the full breakdown.
A year of getting paid in USD as a remote contractor in Korea, and what I found when I actually reconciled the wire fees. The hidden spread, the routing switch, and a contract…