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Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by aheilbut » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 7:33 PM UTC

This is extremely useful just to be able to see rates across different areas and skillsets.

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by scottru » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 7:40 PM UTC

For anybody who's tracking, we're up to 140+ folks, and the spreadsheet has moved into high-traffic mode. Thanks all - this will be great and I'm happy for it to be linked from a more permanent location.

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by ajju » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 7:57 PM UTC

Awesome. I am on the other side as well, and the next time I need a contractor, I'm going straight to this spreadsheet.

Aside: Best answer to "Why are you doing this" is by cmos: "To support my cat" :)

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by nopassrecover » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 8:04 PM UTC

Are spreadsheets private? For instance does this data appear in Google results or is it cached indefinitely or anything like that?

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by SMrF » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 8:06 PM UTC

Are contracting rates really this low? I would have expected $150-$200/hour range for serious programming skills, which most on this list seem to have. Instead it looks like the number is somewhere between $75-$100.

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 8:11 PM UTC

markmywords wrote: post #19

Lots of low rates ...

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Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by nopassrecover » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 8:12 PM UTC

SMrF wrote: post #25

Are contracting rates really this low? I would have expected $150-$200/hour range for serious programming skills, which most on this list seem to have. Instead it looks like the number is somewhere between $75-$100.

I'd imagine anyone on this list is in the top 5% of programmers at least but I don't think you'd get work here in Australia at $150-$200.

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by nopassrecover » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 8:12 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #26

markmywords wrote: post #19

Lots of low rates ...

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I doubt that very much. I would say you're going to get far more than you pay for from any of these.

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by xenophanes » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 8:18 PM UTC

SMrF wrote: post #25

Are contracting rates really this low? I would have expected $150-$200/hour range for serious programming skills, which most on this list seem to have. Instead it looks like the number is somewhere between $75-$100.

A) people are scared of asking for more

B) how much you can get isn't just a matter of programming skill. it also has to do with contacts and networking, which many people here are bad at

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

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Post by scottru » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 8:37 PM UTC

bensummers wrote: post #18

I love the way HN provides free load testing for Google Docs! Although usually we trigger the low bandwidth version. :-(

We did. :)