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I’m a (sort-of) contractor. My rates and selection of projects strongly takes the team dynamic at the clients place into account. Sure, I do have a rate that I

I’m a (sort-of) contractor. My rates and selection of projects strongly takes the team dynamic at the clients place into account. Sure, I do have a rate that I aim for, but as long as a certain minimum is met, I’m likely to choose a place with a sane team and healthy social interactions over a dysfunctional hell hole. And places that pay everyone a reasonable wage at least tend to have that more often than other places. This approach has shown to substantially improve my quality of life.

uk_programmer 7y ago
That is fine, I am mostly the same. > And places that pay everyone a reasonable wage at least tend to have that more often than other places. I've seen almost no evidence of this other than at the real extremes. Maybe it is differences in the UK market vs elsewhere but typically you won't find a big difference in rate between one contract and another in roughly the same locale with everything else being equal.