Just wanted to chime in that 700/day is not typical, esp for a 6 month+ contract. Typically you'll see 500-600 for Java/Ruby/Python, and that's for experienced

Just wanted to chime in that 700/day is not typical, esp for a 6 month+ contract. Typically you'll see 500-600 for Java/Ruby/Python, and that's for experienced people (5+ years). Finance gigs can pay 550-650 usually over the long term. Boutique / specialised consultancies can charge 700-1000+ a day but it's usually short contracts and they take a big cut off of the contractors rate. I know of "architect" roles that have paid into the 800s but it is atypical. Certainly not as common as new grads making over 200k USD in SV bigcos.