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Fantastic advice. Thank you. To answer your questions: My Location: Toronto, ON. Client: Orange County, CA. Designer: San Fran, CA/Bangaldesh India (he's bac

by Apane 12y ago

Fantastic advice. Thank you. To answer your questions: My Location: Toronto, ON. Client: Orange County, CA. Designer: San Fran, CA/Bangaldesh India (he's back and forth). Combined Programming Language/Framework exp: Rails 4.0, Ruby 2.0, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS3, HTML5, AJAX, Vast understanding of web architecture (http, TCP/IP etc...) The work itself is quite advanced compared to other projects I've worked on. I feel a bit strange boosting the hourly rate up double but the reality is, taking a project like this on fulltime I need to make sure that my needs are met/covered.

techjuice 12y ago
Those are extremely in demand and high paying skills. For that area (Orange County, CA) the average salary with benefits is ~$100,000/year+ for a Ruby on Rails Developer. You can use sites like indeed.com and salary.com to get an average, but depending on your skill level: beginner (journeyman), intermediate, senior, expert or master you may be better placed in the top percentile or higher. For now since you may be starting out going with an average of what you find on indeed.com/salary and salary.com I recommend reading up on rates of employee vs contractor, as contractors will bring in more than an employee since they have to pay costs that are normally covered by an employer. Read http://www.salary.com/pay-yourself-right-when-being-your-own-boss/ http://www.salary.com/pay-yourself-right-when-being-your-own... and http://career-advice.monster.com/salary-benefits/salary-information/how-much-should-contractors-charge/article.aspx http://career-advice.monster.com/salary-benefits/salary-info... for more details. I also recommend searching glassdoor.com for senior software engineer and senior consultant. As one mistake you and your designer would not enjoy and could not change if it is in black and white is getting what your worth and cover all of your expenses + personal money for entertainment and the big rainy day. It does feel strange raising that rate but for a Senior Ruby on Rails developer contractor the going rate in major metro areas is around $150/hour to $250/hour or more depending on your specialty. If you want to play it safe I would recommend doing some more research on RoR developers salaries/contractor rate to get an average and move it up or down depending on what your expenses are and how much left over money you would be happily comfortable with after expenses and taxes. Here in the USA as a contractor your in the highest tax bracket so pulling in a gross of salary of $350,000/year+ is not unreasonable as you will net 50% of that (around $175,000) or less depending on your businesses and tax expenses. Just be careful with the amount as you have to be careful that your being paid a fair rate to take care of yourself. If your really good you should be compensated very nicely for it.

by Apane 12y ago

techjuice 12y ago

Those are extremely in demand and high paying skills. For that area (Orange County, CA) the average salary with benefits is ~$100,000/year+ for a Ruby on Rails Developer. You can use sites like indeed.com and salary.com to get an average, but depending on your skill level: beginner (journeyman), intermediate, senior, expert or master you may be better placed in the top percentile or higher. For now since you may be starting out going with an average of what you find on indeed.com/salary and salary.com I recommend reading up on rates of employee vs contractor, as contractors will bring in more than an employee since they have to pay costs that are normally covered by an employer. Read http://www.salary.com/pay-yourself-right-when-being-your-own-boss/ http://www.salary.com/pay-yourself-right-when-being-your-own... and http://career-advice.monster.com/salary-benefits/salary-information/how-much-should-contractors-charge/article.aspx http://career-advice.monster.com/salary-benefits/salary-info... for more details. I also recommend searching glassdoor.com for senior software engineer and senior consultant. As one mistake you and your designer would not enjoy and could not change if it is in black and white is getting what your worth and cover all of your expenses + personal money for entertainment and the big rainy day. It does feel strange raising that rate but for a Senior Ruby on Rails developer contractor the going rate in major metro areas is around $150/hour to $250/hour or more depending on your specialty. If you want to play it safe I would recommend doing some more research on RoR developers salaries/contractor rate to get an average and move it up or down depending on what your expenses are and how much left over money you would be happily comfortable with after expenses and taxes. Here in the USA as a contractor your in the highest tax bracket so pulling in a gross of salary of $350,000/year+ is not unreasonable as you will net 50% of that (around $175,000) or less depending on your businesses and tax expenses. Just be careful with the amount as you have to be careful that your being paid a fair rate to take care of yourself. If your really good you should be compensated very nicely for it.