I charge $100/hr for consulting relating to video encoding and compression. I'm a college student, but I can get away with it because its such a great niche (a

I charge $100/hr for consulting relating to video encoding and compression. I'm a college student, but I can get away with it because its such a great niche (and there aren't very many of us compressionists out there who aren't covered in dozens of NDAs and noncompete agreements...) Ironically, I only get paid about half that for my actual coding contracts, which quite honestly are much more work.