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> Consultants with relatively high rates are not unicorns, any more than lawyers or doctors with high rates are. This is not just repeatable, this is a fairly r
by AFNobody 9y ago
> Consultants with relatively high rates are not unicorns, any more than lawyers or doctors with high rates are. This is not just repeatable, this is a fairly reasonable career path, much like “work at AppAmaGooBookSoft” is a lucrative but well-trod career path. (Which, btw, have in-the-door offers for mid-career professionals which are reasonably competitive with running a full-time consultancy at $30k/week.)
You are seriously going to engage me with the argument that $600k+ (20 weeks of paid engagements @ $30k/week) a year in income + benefits is common?
I think you have a greatly inflated opinion of what the top 25% of software developers get paid let alone what is reasonable and repeatable.
- unreal37 9y agoIt honestly sounds like you think $100/hr is the upper limit of consulting earnings. There are at least some people making $250/hr+ as a technical consultant. Is it 0.01%, 0.1% or 1%? Who knows. But it's possible, and it's possible to get there if you're strategic about it.
- AFNobody 9y ago> Is it 0.01%, 0.1% or 1%? Who knows. I said it wasn't common which you are acknowledging. Simply because less some small percentage of people can mange it doesn't make it repeatable.