[OT] Re: What hourly rate to charge for programming?

2001-10-03 Thread Robin Berjon
Hi, you might want to check the past issues of Linux Journal, there was a series of articles on becoming a consultant / independent programmer a few months ago. -- ___ Robin Berjon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- CTO k n o w s c a p e

[OT] Re: What hourly rate to charge for programming?

2001-10-03 Thread Perrin Harkins
Now take the amount you want to make and divide it by the number of hours you came up with above ($40,000 / 1,000). You get $40. That's your target hourly rate. And despite what they high-flying .com weanies were saying a year ago, that's going to be a nice living for a young guy unless

Re: [OT] Re: What hourly rate to charge for programming?

2001-10-03 Thread ed phillips
Perrin Harkins wrote: Now take the amount you want to make and divide it by the number of hours you came up with above ($40,000 / 1,000). You get $40. That's your target hourly rate. And despite what they high-flying .com weanies were saying a year ago, that's going to be a nice

Re: [OT] Re: What hourly rate to charge for programming?

2001-10-03 Thread Richard L. Goerwitz III
Now take the amount you want to make and divide it by the number of hours you came up with above ($40,000 / 1,000). You get $40. That's your target hourly rate. $40K as a consultant is much less spendable money than $40K as an employee. Yes, that's an additional 7.5% for social

Re: [OT] Re: What hourly rate to charge for programming?

2001-10-03 Thread RaFaL Pocztarski
Hi, This thread is very off-topic here but it's interresting and maybe it should go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or somewhere else. I think a lot of people have many problems with all of those public-relations matters, especially when they want to start working as an independent programmer. A big