Having been a consultant for 20+ years (really) here is my 2 cents:
- Many years ago, only the 'brave' went for consulting. Then other people heard about
tha brave's hourly rate, they
muliplied it by 2000 and said: 'I wanna be a consultant'
- You know about the 'hidden' costs:
You market yourself, count the hours/expenses as part of your hourly rate (you
spend 100 hours to get a 100
hours job... you figure)
Sick leave, vacations, buy your own books, study late night, participate on
mailing lists, etc, etc...
- Big corporations rather pay $150 to an agency, of which you may get $100 (you have
to run your C-corporation,
having a $1million insurance, etc...) so the agency would have to deal with IRS, etc...
- Companies (big or small) rather spend some extra (or seemingly extra) money to get
someone to "get the job done"
and they think, it's going to be "THE" contractor. In some cases it works. Most of the
time (these days) it
doesn't, so they hire another consultant.
- Finally, the actual rate can be VERY flexible. If they need you, they will pay you
almost ANYTHING...
One final thought: I have the best references from all my clients, and that always
helped me.
laszlo
Jeffry Houser wrote:
> At 02:55 PM 07/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > > The going rate for a CF Programmer now a good one that can do this is
> > > around 80-125 an hour.
> >
> >You've got be kidding me. Who pays this much for CF and where can I meet
> >them?
>
> Keep in mind that these rates are contractor / outsourced rates. Most
> companies budget somewhere between 25%-35% for benefits for full-time
> employees. That means $52 - $80 for full-time employment. Of course $80
> an hour ($160K a year) is way more than anything I've ever heard of, but
> .... consultants who have good reputations can get the big bucks.
> I interviewed with one company that told me they budget 40% for each
> employee.
>
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