Interesting, $40/hr is really not a ton cheaper than what a lot of U.S. developers will work for. We have paid anywhere from $40-60/hr for CF developers. I personally have worked for anywhere from $30-80/hr, just depended on the job, my schedule, and many other factors.
I have had trouble with big companies not paying on time and that can be a significant hit on the old wallet when waiting on a $10k or more check to come in and it is many months late coming. I am lucky that I stash a healthy chunk of change in the bank for such experiences although the last time it happened to be it pretty much depleted my stash and was not a fun experience thinking about the possible outcomes. I did wise up some last year and for some of my projects for the big companies instead of charging hourly I charged a flat rate which they had to pay "upfront". Basically the invoice was put out at the beginning and they have NET 50 terms so in most cases the payment came in shortly after the project was done. On Feb 2, 2008 8:52 AM, Rizal Firmansyah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running an offshore ColdFusion developer from Jakarta, that is > south east Asia. > My company's rate is US$40/man/hour, i think it's not that cheap :) > > Currently we have 0 customers that won't pay us. > Infact, we never ask for down payment cause we're 100% sure that our > client will benefit from our work, thus pay the bill. > > To prevent this situation, for new client we usually break down large > project into smaller pieces. > And do the small piece first, see whether they satisfy with our work > - and pay before we continue with the rest. > > Regards, > Rizal > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3617 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
