Double your rates. Spend your time on looking for clients. Market yourself as a problem solver, not as a PHP dev. Companies have problems, you are there to ma

Double your rates. Spend your time on looking for clients. Market yourself as a problem solver, not as a PHP dev. Companies have problems, you are there to make them go away. I make up to $150/hr doing PHP, JS. Rates around $90-100/hr are common.