Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

[Greg McCarroll]

* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> From: Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 18 January 2001 11:42
>  
> > > What sort of hourly/daily rate does an average PM perl programmer get
> > > anyway?
> > 
> > Anything from 30 upwards to the sky depending on the client. And the
> > programmer. And the task.
> 
> Sounds a tad low to me. I've never contracted as a Perl programmer for less
> than £50/hr. Normally I'd estimate at about £500/day. I'd have thought that
> if we were selling ourselves as top-notch Perl consultants (Dave H's
> "getting it right" idea), then it would be more like double that.
> 

yes, but if it was a proper consultancy youd be expected to write off some
of that occasionally and also maybe have some centralised support

of the course the real cash comes from ongoing support contracts

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Greg McCarroll                          http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net