When I am paying it, it is the rate I am paying. I don't care who gets how much.
On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 10:47 -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: > Oops! > > s/Chris/Michael/ > > On Fri, June 20, 2008 10:46 am, Lan Barnes wrote: > > <top posted for consistency> > > > > Chris, you are aware I hope that when you pay $165 to a headhunter, the > contractor may see $55. > > > > So who again are you cutitng slack? ;-) > > > > On Fri, June 20, 2008 10:38 am, Michael J McCafferty wrote: > >> Chris, > >> I used to do the same. I figured if I should know what it is that I am > >> researching, at the rate that I am charging them, then it's on me to > know it or find it out. Almost very gig has some research to do, but if > i figure I was deficient in some area, I will get proficient on my own > time in order to provide value to my customer. > >> Now that I do not sell my time as a contractor, but I pay contractors, > >> I dont' necessarily shop for this ethic, but the ones that have it seem > to be the ones that I bring back. > >> If I am paying $165/hr to someone, they had better know what they need > >> to know, or else know where and how to get that knowledge pretty darn > quick. If I am paying $55/hr, then I might cut some slack if they are > otherwise makin' things happen. > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 15:52 -0700, Chris Louden wrote: > >>> I charge $100 per hour to my customers. However I also offer flat > rates for certain projects. In the past Robert Half, ManPower, or > similar will pay me about $40 an hour I presume that they bill double > that maybe more. I know a lot of IT Service companies are all about > the "billable hours" but that's just not my ethic. > >>> > >>> Three others that I know, one charges $150, another $100 and the other > $90. > >>> > >>> I generally stand alone on this but I always feel awkward charging > customers for "research" time. I generally only bill them for half the > time. I'm learning something and helping them which I figure is 50/50. > This applies when a customer wants me to do something in SMB or etc. > that I don't do all that often not to researching problems with > Apache, backups, or some generic error for example. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Paul G. Allen > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > I'm wondering what the current average hourly rate is for Linux > >>> contractors > >>> > in San Diego county is. This would be for system setup and > >>> configuration and > >>> > network design and implementation. (That last part may be thought of > >>> as a > >>> > network engineer.) > >>> > > >>> > tia, > >>> > > >>> > PGA > >>> > -- > >>> > Paul G. Allen, BSIT/SE > >>> > Owner, Sr. Engineer > >>> > Random Logic Consulting Services > >>> > www.randomlogic.com > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > [email protected] > >>> > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> ************************************************************ > >> Michael J. McCafferty > >> Principal, Security Engineer > >> M5 Hosting > >> http://www.m5hosting.com > >> > >> You can have your own custom Dedicated Server up and running today ! > RedHat Enterprise, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and more > ************************************************************ > >> > >> > >> -- > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > >> > > > > > > -- > > Lan Barnes > > > > SCM Analyst Linux Guy > > Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer > > > > > -- > Lan Barnes > > SCM Analyst Linux Guy > Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer > > > > -- > Lan Barnes > > SCM Analyst Linux Guy > Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer > > -- ************************************************************ Michael J. McCafferty Principal, Security Engineer M5 Hosting http://www.m5hosting.com You can have your own custom Dedicated Server up and running today ! RedHat Enterprise, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and more ************************************************************ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
