On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 at 16:31, Farley, Peter < [email protected]> wrote:
> Agreed, very low. I asked for and received $125/hr back in 1999 for a > complex assembler consulting job (BTAM/BDAM/multitasking/etc.). With > inflation and time passing the starting rate for that kind of work has to > go over $200/hr at the very least to attract anyone with the talent and > experience. > I interpreted Bob's comment "...I think the rate is unusual; I'm guessing they don't think they can get one of their regulars to do it." as meaning he thought it (60-65 $/hr) was high. But I agree that finding someone with serious assembler chops for that price isn't going to be easy. $65/hour sounds much more like an all-in employee-with-benefits kind of rate back-calculated from a salary. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
