Traction with whom i do some work on the side is currently charging $85/hr
-Lkb
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On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, David Keenan wrote:
> ah.. good idea. Very sneaky indeed! (nice to hear from you too! And perhaps
> all the way from Japan, too, if I hear correctly?) I'll try that.. thanks!
>
> -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
> > >
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