I usually split my learning time 50/50 with my clients, but that's not a formal arrangement. They're getting the benefit of my experience on projects like theirs, and I'm getting the benefit of learning the technology they're using.
Often, this is in the context of integrating two (or more) systems, where one of them is new to me. A key challenge any time you're learning is that doing estimates accurately is much harder. I just did a project connecting some legacy PHP code, phpbb (a forum system I hadn't coded with previously), and SalesForce.com (new to me) via SOAP (new to me) for single-sign-on customer support and lead management. Very tough to estimate, and I missed it by 30% (which I ate about half of; much of the overage was change requests). -glenn > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 3:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [KCFusion] what do you charge > > > At 01:47 PM 5/21/2004, you wrote: > >Anybody on the list doing freelance work right now? What are you > charging > >for your services? I met a writer over the weekend that said she > bills at > >like $60 an hour. I thought it was rather odd that she made more money > >than I did. > > > I do only freelance work. I charge $50 per hour for design, $65 for > programming such as DB building, CF (I'm a total novice but I > don't charge for all the time I use learning while working on it), > and I charge between $35 and $50 for content writing (Depends on > the size of the project. I write software manuals, on-line help, articles > (especially for the legal arena since I have previous legal experience > but not exclusive of course), and that sort of thing. > > Do remember if you are not a freelancer, that freelance people > pay their own taxes, workers comp, insurance, vacation, office > space and equipment, etc. > > I would hope that all freelancers, like me, do not charge for the > learning phase. I frequently "play around" for ideas when I'm > designing and don't charge until I'm really going on what I'm > going to do. > > Peggie > > Brown Holdings LLC Group > Giving Vision to Your Business > Http://www.BusinessSights.com > > > > > ========================================================= > Kansas City ColdFusion User Group's website & listserv is > hosted through the generous support of Clickdoug.com > To send email to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To (un)subscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your request. > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > Featuring Win2003 Enterprise, RedHat Linux, CFMX 6.1. > ====================================================== > ========================================================= Kansas City ColdFusion User Group's website & listserv is hosted through the generous support of Clickdoug.com To send email to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To (un)subscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your request. For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com Featuring Win2003 Enterprise, RedHat Linux, CFMX 6.1. ======================================================
