I'm not seeing how you got to $125/hr... does he write somewhere that he'll only work 4 hours a day on the project? I'm getting two weeks, 5 days a week, at an

I'm not seeing how you got to $125/hr... does he write somewhere that he'll only work 4 hours a day on the project? I'm getting two weeks, 5 days a week, at an 8 hour workday = 80 hours. $5000/80hr = $62.50/hr, which from what I've heard is on the low side for contract programming (I haven't actually done any contract work, but this doesn't come out to much more than sr devs get with full benefits in a salaried job out here in the bay area). I'm not saying it's a bad deal for him. This sounds like it could be fun if he can make it work - he's very upfront about it - two weeks, fixed rate, clojure only. I'd probably take a lower rate if I could consistently get fun, no-hassle work in my favorite language.