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Here's a thought. I'm interested in picking up some contracting work again and my recurring work rate is $50/hr. I'm a senior developer who currently does Sys

Here's a thought. I'm interested in picking up some contracting work again and my recurring work rate is $50/hr. I'm a senior developer who currently does Sysadmin, dbadmin, and leads development and architecture of our start up's software. Oh I just realized ycomb doesn't have plans capability. Could you PM me on Reddit where my username is homebrewingcoder .

eximius 8y ago
You should probably quadruple that rate, my friend. Contracting should not be at the same rate as salaried.
- milliondollar 8y ago
  Yes, totally agree. You need to smooth your earnings and account for downtime. But in seeing all these $50/60K salaries on here, I guess what I'm wondering is I'd happily pay a fixed retainer of say $25K a year for 10-15 hours of work per week. I don't have enough work to keep a $60K a year developer busy, but I could keep a part of one busy all year and make a commitment to pay at least $X / year.
  - sah2ed 8y ago
    Sounds like freelancer position you have on your hands. You should consider posting your position to the Whoishiring thread tomorrow. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18113145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18113145
    - milliondollar 8y ago
      Thank you! I've never read those threads but will be on there!!!