I'm not in a position to share what my rate was at Matasano, but now that I've moved on from there: my personal daily rate is $3k. I'm more likely to do work for free than to work for a single day.
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#102I charge $1K/day, out of San Francisco. I'm not a remarkable developer, but I've been running a production website for a few years and sell my practical knowledge on how to make all the pieces (LAMP stuff) fit together under actual use.
I'm rather surprised you don't charge more. Do you do much consulting work?
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#103I am working from Greece, working remotely, my daily rate is approximately 200euro per day (before taxes), 4 days per week (it depends a bit as I am getting paid in dollars), working 9 hours per day (one hour is "paid" break).
5 years of experience as a rails developer, 8 years of experience as a web developer (full stack as I have helped on the server and our app is on angular).
To be honest, I enjoy the team and the company I am working on, even if I believe I could find a better salary. Btw my salary is about 4 times more than the average salary in Greece.
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#104Senior Perl developers in London should be getting £350-£450/day for onsite contracting work. The market seems to support £450/day, but that needs to include recruiter cost - that is, you're unlikely to get it if you're via a recruiter. Source: I run http://perl.careers/ and have been active in the London Perl market for the last 10 years as a dev and a recruiter.
Good to know. I shall bear this and you in mind when January rolls around...
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#105I am working from Greece, working remotely, my daily rate is approximately 200euro per day (before taxes), 4 days per week (it depends a bit as I am getting paid in dollars), working 9 hours per day (one hour is "paid" break). 5 years of experience as a rails developer, 8 years of experience as a web developer (full stack as I have helped on the server and our app is on angular). To be honest, I enjoy the team and th…
Thanks for sharing that, and concerning the remote part would you recommend any particular sites to find remote jobs? Thx
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#107my current employer gives me 11 EUR/hr. However i charge 15 EUR/hr for smaller freelance jobs. i work as an (mainly php)associate software engineer, in the netherlands, have a half year of experience. my main skills are LAMP. I am interested in a remote positions, as well as local (but i am particular about which time of day I work).
Even with only six months of experience, €15 is really low for a freelance rate in the Netherlands. Remember that you usually need to reserve about half of your rate for taxes, rent, investments, etcetera, so you're actually getting paid less for freelance jobs than with your regular job. Freelance rates i've seen in the Netherlands usually range somewhere from €50 on the lower end to €120 on the higher end.
You are quite right, I should get more. By all means hire me at 50 an hour. If you'd do that, I'll go as far as to quit my safe job so all my time can go to you. You won't be disappointened ;)
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where are you based out of? And how do you maintain a steady flow of projects? Is it mainly through your network or client referrals?
Based out of nowhere useful, USA. Often I don't say, because often they don't care, and it would be harmful anyway. Projects come in regularly, but I reject almost all of them. Good project picking is tricky. Know when to drop relationships (hint: it's not "never").
care to elaborate on "projects come in regularly"? are you actively looking for new jobs yourself? if yes, where? are companies approaching you? how do they find you?
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#110My current daily rate is USD$640/day, I work in UK/Aus/NZ predominantly. (remote and travelling mostly) I work as a Full Stack .Net Developer/Architect for web applications, I have 16+ years of experience, with main skills in C#, MVC, jQuery, EntityFramework, SQL, Agile. Am not an exceptional developer, but I have a good working relationship with my clients to help deliver on their projects. I don't actively network…
Funny, C# has been around 12 years. EF 6 years. jQuery 8 years.
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say you've been a developer and architect for 16 years, with 12 years experience in .NET?