Just had a chat with the guys on #roro about a post I just put up regarding this - and I must say that I disagree on quite a number of points, having contracted for about 2-3 years of my career, and not having anywhere near these expectations.
In short, I used to work for most companies at approximately $55/hour. You cannot expect people to pay for your downtime - it is of your own interest and initiative to find out if/when contracts end and if you're continuing, well ahead of contract end date (I used to know about 4-6 weeks out). If it doesn't look like you're going to continue, start looking. I used to look regardless of the outcome. I was never out of work. During the GFC I actually upped my rate and still had no problems. Furthermore - $75/hour for $75k/annual is NOT equal. If that were the case, we'd all be contracting, as it means you only have to work approximately 25 weeks/year to meet your annual (closer to $150k/year) expectations. For me this was never a problem (as I always had work), but perhaps it's a bit different these days. In any case, this is WELL ahead of people on permanent salaries. What you should be doing, is taking 6 weeks from the annual and making up that gap. This is pretty much the expected norm. All said and done, as has been said here - specify whatever rate you're after and if you can get it - well done. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rails-oceania/-/S_ojqOo0SRIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
