-d
At 10:20 PM 6/13/2003 -0700, you 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 >
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