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From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 11/12/2006 5:59 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: GetTempDirectory & CFFILE just looking for some advice regarding my first consulting job. A guy I used to work with at my current job now needs some CF help. It involved re-writing his current maintenance database (access DB and a 'guy who knows some CF') I have a public co-hosted server, so I can put development work online. I'm thinking of setting up a subversion server to keep all my code history, and getting my home system setup for local development. I just have a few questions to anyone else doing consulting: a) Rate? I am thinking of charging $60 / hour for development, but I'm really not sure. Will that hamper me later if I need to raise it? Is it too cheap, or too much? I have been doing development now for going on 5 years internally on intranet type apps, and I feel very comfortable doing what my customer is requesting. b) Anyone have quote / invoice templates that look nice? I dont have a company name really, should I come up with something or just put my name on it? c) How should I structure payment? Should I ask for 20% ahead of time, or just wait till completion for payment? d) The customer has had this job on hold (from internal requests) since July 2005. How should I structure development? He has expressed an interest in having the whole thing re-written, as there are many cumbersom things in it (many clicks to do simple things) Should I setup a visual structure first, convert his access DB to SQL? e) Any advice you can give me on getting started with this would be greatly aprpeciated! Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260121 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
