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You're showing your bias with the ranges you've chosen. Capping the poll at "$200k+" is effectively a statement that you don't believe in the existence of consultants who charge north of $100/hr and work close to 2000 hours per year. A fair chunk of your initial datapoints are challenging that assumption.
I know an ex CTO (in the mobile space) who has charged several thousand dollars for an hours work.
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I was doing Perl. I assume it's pretty similar: go to jobserve.com, type in Ruby contractor, hit enter.
Then, £400 a day is pretty standard for London? I frequently get offers under that value, hence my belief that this kind of pay doesn't come through normal channels. Edit: Wrote this before coffee. Thought we were talking hourly rates. Nevermind.
I think I notice a selection bias here. Anyone north of 50k won't ever bother looking at this thread.
If it's true that anyone north of $50k won't bother looking at this thread, then 60% of the respondents so far are lying. ;-)
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its 50% and long term in terms of retirement and savings an extra 100k makes a hell of a difference.
Sure, it's more money, but it's more or less the same social class and economic position. It's enough to be teetering on the top end of upper-middle-class (compared to engineers making $100k-$150k salaries), but not enough to be truly wealthy, like people who cash out large IPO shares, or consultants/lawyers/etc. raking in 7 figures.
Bill G would be seen as "one of us" Larry Ellison much less's so.
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They aren't anymore. I've lived both in Poland and countries in western EU, Netherlands be one example, and honestly everyday product prices are very similar. The major difference is housing although Poland is very similar to Berlin housing wise, now compare the average salaries...
Right, world commodities such as oil only differ by government taxes or subsidies. And of course, oil is the lifeblood of any industrialized nation. Anything imported (which is probably a lot for most nations) is going to be about the same. In the Philippines, a lot of cheap stuff gets imported from China that you may not even be able to find in the U.S. because it's total crap. So, that can opener might be cheap, bu…
The difference is in SF 50% of your pay buys 20 ipads. In Germany, 50% pays for 4 of them.
I'm a ruby contractor working in London, charging £400 per day, but I know others that are charging £500. Having such a high day rate means that I can afford to work part time as to have enough time to work on side projects too. I earned just shy of £50k last year, not all the time was part time so this year will probably be less.
Aren't rents in London for even a modest place in a nice part of the city north of £500 a week though? Seems rather touch and go if you're only doing that part time.
I used to live in London, was paying £1050 a month for a shitty one bedroom apartment miles away from the center - had no spare money and took just as long to commute!
I'm a ruby contractor working in London, charging £400 per day, but I know others that are charging £500. Having such a high day rate means that I can afford to work part time as to have enough time to work on side projects too. I earned just shy of £50k last year, not all the time was part time so this year will probably be less.
Any tips you can share on how you achieved that position?
Edit: Oh for actually getting the contracts? I usually find them via ruby friends, or LRUG - the London Ruby User Group - a healthy supply of companies & contractors scour it to quench a never ending demand, it seems.
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Then, £400 a day is pretty standard for London? I frequently get offers under that value, hence my belief that this kind of pay doesn't come through normal channels. Edit: Wrote this before coffee. Thought we were talking hourly rates. Nevermind.
Depends what you do. If you work in the City you should reasonably expect £600 and up. No other sector in London pays as well. Ruby is quite commoditised now. Take a look at, say, Scala on jobserve.com and you'll see rates are double Ruby. The only way you'll make big money as a Ruby consultant is by differentiating yourself somehow. Better go write a book. All that said, I would be very hesitant about accepting work…
Yeah bang on - I'm treated as a full-time employee, just no sick pay, national insurance (state pension), redundancy, paternity leave, etc. Sacrificing these benefits pays around 50% more, but you have to file your own tax.
The biggest problem I had was last year when I caught a bug and was out for a week, cost me £2000 - something you often take for granted in a permanent job.
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They aren't anymore. I've lived both in Poland and countries in western EU, Netherlands be one example, and honestly everyday product prices are very similar. The major difference is housing although Poland is very similar to Berlin housing wise, now compare the average salaries...
Berlin is a bit of a special case though. Living expenses are very low compared to other "rich" EU countries.