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Charge more. Just humor me and pitch the next client at $125/hr, which is more in line with market in your neck of the woods. (And the necessity for this post

by patio11 12y ago

Charge more. Just humor me and pitch the next client at $125/hr, which is more in line with market in your neck of the woods. (And the necessity for this post, folks, is one of the many, many mechanisms by which a norm of salaries being hidden screws over employees via information asymmetry.)

Bahamut 12y ago
I'm not a contractor - if I were contracting, I'd definitely charge around that rate.
- patio11 12y ago
  That's the first time I've ever heard a US-based engineer quote their salary as an hourly number. My mistake. Assuming my mental math is correct and your package is described as "$120k annual salary plus the standard benefits for white collar employees", I withdraw my objection. If OTOH you're not billing 160 hours a month or you're not getting the standard benefits (healthcare, etc), then you're contracting whether you describe yourself as a contractor or not, so the objection would stand in that case. (This distinction made for the benefits of other HNers, since I have from time-to-time run into people who think they are employees but who are actually consultants who just happen to have a very thin client list and substandard rates.)
  - Bahamut 12y ago
    Well, it's $140k + $9k signing bonus + equity + standard health & dental insurance - I'm already looking at a potential raise in compensation in about 2-4 months or so with a promotion to lead engineer. Personally, I'm at the point where I don't care as much about the money, it's more about the people I work with. For those not at my point though is why I provide salary info though - it is a nice data point to use to assess for others.
    - chinks81 12y ago
      That's enormously high salary for 2 yr experienced Dev. You must be working for Facebook for such high salary. Care to mention company name at least ? I know at least 10 - 20 people in CA with four times more experience than you working on 70% of salary of yours. Don't want to sound venomous but what you are getting is nothing but "bubble" salary.

by patio11 12y ago

Bahamut 12y ago

I'm not a contractor - if I were contracting, I'd definitely charge around that rate.

patio11 12y ago
That's the first time I've ever heard a US-based engineer quote their salary as an hourly number. My mistake. Assuming my mental math is correct and your package is described as "$120k annual salary plus the standard benefits for white collar employees", I withdraw my objection. If OTOH you're not billing 160 hours a month or you're not getting the standard benefits (healthcare, etc), then you're contracting whether you describe yourself as a contractor or not, so the objection would stand in that case. (This distinction made for the benefits of other HNers, since I have from time-to-time run into people who think they are employees but who are actually consultants who just happen to have a very thin client list and substandard rates.)
- Bahamut 12y ago
  Well, it's $140k + $9k signing bonus + equity + standard health & dental insurance - I'm already looking at a potential raise in compensation in about 2-4 months or so with a promotion to lead engineer. Personally, I'm at the point where I don't care as much about the money, it's more about the people I work with. For those not at my point though is why I provide salary info though - it is a nice data point to use to assess for others.
  - chinks81 12y ago
    That's enormously high salary for 2 yr experienced Dev. You must be working for Facebook for such high salary. Care to mention company name at least ? I know at least 10 - 20 people in CA with four times more experience than you working on 70% of salary of yours. Don't want to sound venomous but what you are getting is nothing but "bubble" salary.