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Most recently my floor was USD$300/hour but billed in weeks, and sometimes I didn't do full weeks (like four day weeks during good weather). Usually minimum eng
by xyzzy_plugh 4y ago
Most recently my floor was USD$300/hour but billed in weeks, and sometimes I didn't do full weeks (like four day weeks during good weather). Usually minimum engagement of four weeks, 25-50% upfront (longer engagements get the lower end).
I increase the rate with respect to beurocracy and scope. If I'm working with a small, single digits shop then the lower rate usually holds. If it's a larger shop and I'm going to be in a ton of meetings all the time, I usually start doubling the rate. For a F500-type company I'd never drop below $500/hour, and minimum engagement would probably grow to eight weeks.
I'm a generalist. I've actually signed a number of contracts on "I will fix ~all your hard to fix bugs".
- pyuser583 4y agoHow much does that come out at per year? Do taxes eat up a large amount? Are you continuously employed or are there dry spells?
- xyzzy_plugh 4y agoI'm at a full time gig right now for various reasons but it depends on how many clients I want to have at once. I tried to limit to a handful per year, and the last year in which I did contracting I was working less than half of the year -- but by choice. Dry spells are planned, as otherwise it's difficult to line work up as often times scope changes during an engagement.
- galfarragem 4y ago..What's your main stack?
- xyzzy_plugh 4y agoIf I'm developing services, I just write Go. I have a lot of Linux experience as well. I'm comfortable reading and patching pretty much any language.
- cutler 4y agoCould you give some examples of these hard-to-fix bugs?