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My rate is 165 USD/hr, but I’ll drop it as low as 135 for a long contract (6 months+). I do custom software for the refrigeration industry (mostly simulations,
by 0x5345414e 4y ago
My rate is 165 USD/hr, but I’ll drop it as low as 135 for a long contract (6 months+). I do custom software for the refrigeration industry (mostly simulations, sensor data logging, a lot of web apps, etc.). But yeah like another poster mentioned, I just raise it every time I work with a new customer.
Imo hourly rates are kind of bogus because not every hour is the same and hours can’t determine value. Generally I negotiate a weekly rate @ 35 hrs / week and try to deliver something valuable every week. The amount of hours I actually work in a week varies.
- TbobbyZ 4y agoHow do I get into your work?
- devoutsalsa 4y agoYou have to be pretty cool.
- lostlogin 4y agoNo, you have to be trying to be cool.
- xwowsersx 4y agoI see what you did there. When my fridge stopped working, I didn’t think it was cool.
- czbond 4y agoMine was the compressor last week. Daggum LG
- nebula8804 4y agoDon't be so cold...at least it wasn't a Samsung...
- halkony 4y agoAssuming you're looking for contract work in general and not specifically refrigerators, he sets a good example for how specialization gets you consistent work. Basically, find a niche industry (refrigerators, greenhouses, toy cars, whatever), find an audience, think about what they could use, and acquire the skills to give it to them. I used to be an actuary before I did software, I plan on going back to my old companies and contracting myself because I know they have data analytics needs I can meet. If you want an excellent book on this topic, read "Soft Skills" by John Sonmez. Excellent book for shaping your career.
- NO_CHANGE 4y agoI looked up the book and the search engine suggested the search "John Sonmez scam". I guess he's not in good standing in the industry or the Web in general.
- goodpoint 4y agoA lot of niche industries e.g. around embedded might pay less than web development, ironically.
- edge17 4y agoYea but the metric of success in embedded mught be more clear than web, which tends to be more customer facing.
- swah 4y agoExcellent. I do bluetooth mobile apps for the refrigeration industry, and currently thinking about leaving my job for something in USD... I always say the number 50 USD/hour, since I feel like recruiters/platforms expect for a LATAM based dev to charge a bit less..
- anakaine 4y agoYou're underselling that hourly rate pretty hard. There's a comment above about the fully qualified labour rate. Its worth a read, and from experience you need to be placed higher with the rate than $50 USD.
- thunkle 4y agoCool I've been working on an algorithm to predict when an industrial refrigerator is going bad for a few months now. I wonder if our work overlaps at all.
- timtzm 4y agoHey cool I'm working on power metering for industrial chillers and hope to learn how to notice this too.