Sach, You're always a little sneakier than I imagine you. And that's a good thing.
Love, E On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Sach Jobb wrote: > Hey David, > > Yeah, long time no speak. It's somewhat mean, but there is a good old > trick for this. You find a couple of other random consultants (people you > DON'T know), ala Craigslist or whatever, and you tell them more or less > what you want them to do, and then ask them to just ballpark the price. > > cheers, > sach > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, David Keenan wrote: > > > I know this is random, but I haven't consulted in a while, and I need some > > advice on what people actually charge these days. The last time I did any > > consulting, shit was hitting the fan but the market was still a few miles > > higher up than where we are now so...I don't want to charge too much -- I > > don't know what 'too much' is, I just want to be fair...I see jobs in the > > paper paying half of what they did in 2001.. so.. Anyway In a nutshell, I > > might (undecided) consult in a court case in which I would need to compare > > boot loaders of some OS's in different configurartions. My role in all of > > it would be basically to do the grunt work of setting up/standardizing the > > various hw/sw configs for the expert witnesses (or whatever they're called) > > to observe, and work with them. (Actually I have to turn up 1998 era > > equipment to work with but thats another story - does anyone have two or > > more identical vintage PII boxes or suchlike rotting away somewhere they > > wanna sell or get rid of?) Its not at all brain surgery but I have a > > feeling it is going to be pretty time-consuming and forensic in > > detail/documentation. I'm figuring about 40-50 hours of work overall. The > > clients in question are not exactly cash-poor but I dont want to gouge > > anyone or seem like a freak... I've asked the other people I'd be working > > with but no one will give me any guidance, they all say "I have absolutely > > no idea..".. sigh. They just said charge whatever's reasonable, so what's > > reasonable these days? I have a pal who charges a $100/hr for consulting on > > way easier stuff than that even, but that sound kinda high.. or not? > > > > David > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bits mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bits mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
