I have a possibility of a long 3 year contract as a sysprog in another state. I was wondering how other people set a rate, and what they do about the house they own.
As long as I am a contractor, I don't want to sell my house in the Milwaukee area. Since the last contract job I was on (my only contracting job) was supposed to last for a year, and possibly lead to a permanent job, I was kind of disappointed when it ended after almost 4 months. It taught me a lesson that unless I'm pretty sure that the job is going to last a long time, don't sign a lease. I had a 6 month lease, so now I have to pay for 2 months I don't need. Actually, that is working out ok, as I am now in the middle of painting a couple of rooms in my old house, and its a lot easier to do before moving the rest of my furniture. How do people handle long term contracts, with their house? I may rent it out, but then I'd have to figure out what to do with all my stuff. How do you set a rate? I know what I got at my last job, and it was ok, but I could drive back to Milwaukee in 2 hours. If I'm a thousand miles away, I'll have to do a lot of flying back and forth. Also, I assume I'll need another car, as it would be cheaper to own one than to rent one when I go back to Milwaukee. You can reply on list or off list to me. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer 414-475-7434 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
