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£75/hr was my last freelance rate for some PHP dev work I did. Got a few too many plates spinning at the moment though so only doing oldschool Linux sysadmin stuff (pets vs cattle) outside the day job. I'd probably bill cheaper for that as it's less of a time sink and the tasks are either easy fixes or interesting.
Why charge less for something that's interesting? The client gets the same value whether it interests you or not.
£75/hr was my last freelance rate for some PHP dev work I did. Got a few too many plates spinning at the moment though so only doing oldschool Linux sysadmin stuff (pets vs cattle) outside the day job. I'd probably bill cheaper for that as it's less of a time sink and the tasks are either easy fixes or interesting.
Why charge less for something that's interesting? The client gets the same value whether it interests you or not.
It is what it is.
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Next.js React-Query Prisma Tailwind CSS Kubernetes PostgreSQL Caddy
any chance you have open source codebases?
https://github.com/aniftyco/next-saas
I open source as much as I can tbh: https://github.com/aniftyco
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"The second type of "contractor" is where a services business is established that has numerous clients and/or may hire employees or engage subcontractors, accepts risk for work completed, carries a variety of insurances, manages more complex finances, performs a significant degree of business development to find more clients, etc." Yeah so in private small/medium general engineering (eg electrical, mechanical, safety…
Page 54 of a Professionals Australia report [1] despite the low sampling size and less reliable methodology mirrors your comment that engineering contractor rates are much lower than ICT contracting rates in Australia. I'm a qualified engineer in Australia and amongst those who graduated at the same time as me, almost all of them are working in the ICT field. That is where the demand for workers is, and probably the…
You need to insure for life of design, in practical terms it means you pay a premium for 7 years for a design delivered today, dropping off in premium/coverage each year as it is viewed the owners ops and maintenance acquire responsibility over time.
It can get expensive when you might consider an event of, say, blocking Pt Hedland harbour at cost of up to ten billion dollars a month.
I am an EE in the West consulting on electrical, controls, safety, integration etc and holding my own for rates vs IT for all but the most extreme IT rates I have seen or heard of, but only just after the recent run - my wife just changed jobs (in IT field) for an extra 100k, I am on the same rate as 12 years ago, but it was an awesome rate 12 years ago...
In Canada, $80/hr. Aiming for $90 for my next contract starting next month. Or to move to the US and make way more, apparently.
In Canada too but long term multi year international contract leading small dev team. $150/hr 40 hours week.
95/hr, doing "web stuff" for small businesses
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Best comment yet but zero replies. Would love to hear about how you jumped into 2m$ roles after working at FAANG. Is that still consulting?
I haven’t done any significant consulting since moving to FAANG. Occasional due diligence on M&A. Occasionally a Board Advisor. Nothing that creates conflict with the day job. So, I’m a W-2 employee now in an executive-level role, have been for several years, and this is my second such role (meaning two companies now have hired me in from outside as a senior leader). Right now I’d say FAANG-adjacent, it’s not a compa…