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This is really interesting. What's the reasoning? It turns out this is _very_ close to my own rate, by chance.
There's a little under 2000 working hours in a year of fulltime work; you can charge approx double to cover your cost of sales / offer flexibility.
I have three rates. You are a charity, or other worthy cause, or someone I really want to work with - 50% - 100% discount. You are a normal client - 100%. You are either an arsehole or have asked for something very last minute - 150%-200% depending on the mood I'm in. The last one, colloquially known as the fuck-off rate, is probably the best bit of contracting advice I ever got from a colleague. He hated the gig we…
Good point. Developers need to quit putting tools (languages, frameworks, cloud vendors) and tech buzzwords next to their name. It is embarrassing as hell.
A plumber doesn't list the names of the industrial chemicals and tools. They say "we unblock your toilet quickly and safely" - because that's what the customer is buying.
Hey fellow consultants in here, can someone just please make a glassdoor for us? I’m tired of holding this idea in my head would love to see it out there so we can just get to the good part (knowing what to charge). If you need more explanation: https://unvalidated-ideas.vadosware.io/editions/012
> Selling to companies on the other side of this equation is also obvious…
So basically an invoicing product that provides hourly rate suggestions based on collected data? Surely this must exist already.
What's up with the Poll? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32606904 Won't load for me.
I do backend Java development as a mid-senior engineer (~10 years of experience). I have a good grasp of SQL, git, Spring, ... I do 35€/hr in central/southern Europe, working for a local fintech company (2-3x what I'd get as wage). I plan on rising my rates later this year. I was in talks with a US company, and they balked when I requested 42$/hr as that was what they paid their employees from the US.
I'm sorry for maybe being too frank but 35 eur/h is way too little. It's a bit below full time employment rates level even for Poland. You can get 40eur/h almost instantly anywhere. Some agencies are willing to pay up to 90eur/h for frontend devs as far as I've seen. It's much harder for backend development but 40-50eur is still easily obtainable. I'm looking right now and most offers come down to 40 eur/h for mid/se…