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Is that a high rate in SF? Can you bill a full month of it (160 hours) or are larger jobs at a different rate?
by chvid 7y ago
Is that a high rate in SF? Can you bill a full month of it (160 hours) or are larger jobs at a different rate?
- throw_away_584 7y agoFrankly, I don't know if it's a good rate. I shoot for 80% utilization of my time. If I get busier than that, I raise my rate. So that's the simple algorithm that got me to $300/hr now. I don't think I'd want higher utilization than 80% anyway. You need time to do bizdev etc. I used to kill myself with 60 hour weeks a long time ago though. That wasn't smart. I've never had to lower my rate. There were lean periods where I was "between projects" for a couple of months. I just considered this a much needed time off to catch up on my reading list.
- chvid 7y agoGiven the high salaries in sf for software development, your rate sounds reasonable.