Hey Kirk, Link to your blog post?
Cheers, Chris On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:14 PM, kirk.bushell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. 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.
