In the US: Careful with Section 1706, which is a powerful tool that the IRS uses to reclassify you as an employee. Over years, plus punitive penalties, this can add up to six figure amounts. Remember the guy that flew his plane into a building a couple months ago? BTW, in Germany, possibly other countries, similar provisions exist. You may want to look into getting an employer of reference that gives you a W-2, runs billing and accounts payable, etc. in case this gets serious. I've lined one up a few years ago, but in the end never had to contract through them. At any rate, they shouldn't take more than 15% off the top for their services (IMO, and that's probably high) and give you an itemized breakdown showing employer tax, social security, their fee etc. when you ask for a quote. I sorted the scammers out that way... As far as rates go; with experience, in a developed country, you'll be asking in the range of what the others stated. I wouldn't bother with less than $50/h, even if you're inexperienced and it's on the side, with expenses such as health insurance, social security and so forth covered through your dayjob. And consider, you're boss needs to be cool with this (which can be a major issue). I believe we had a guy here on the list a few years ago who worked for a contract shop in India cranking out J2ME code who got into Android development and got canned when his boss got wind of it
On Mar 23, 10:01 pm, Matt <mattsjor...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've recently been contacted about doing some freelance Android app > development via the "email developer" button on an app I have in the > Market. It's my first freelance opportunity and I'm not really sure > what I should charge - what's the typical hourly rate you guys have > charged/seen? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
