Re: Hourly rates ???

Seems to be much like here germany !

#On 24 Jul 1997 10:43:14 GMT, "Paul Dorsey" <pdorsey.dulcian_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote:

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>Dinar Dhond <ddhond_at_prpi.com> wrote in article <33D63700.41C6_at_prpi.com>...
>> I have decided to became a consultant after being a full-time employee
>> for a long time.
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>> Q) Can anybody advise me a bout the pros and cons about being a
>> consultant?
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>Pros: These are obvious. Variety, money, etc.
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>Cons: No stability. If the person you are working for
>leaves, you are gone.
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>If you want to be legal, the paperwork
>is a nightmare. In the Eastern US it is a major pain as you have
>to have your corp registered in every state where you do business.
>State tax laws kill you on interstate work. All those laws designed
>to nail professional sports people get you too.
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>A big con is that you don't get to do projects, for that you need a team.
>You are only a body. No one person can do the whole thing well.
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>Also, how do you convince your prospective client that you aren't
>an idiot (like the last five contractors that they hired)?
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>You need a big cash buffer. My group has waited up to 6 months
>to get paid. This is true for even the largest companies.
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>I wasn't happy consulting until I built a team to do $1,000,000
>projects.
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>> Q) What would be good hourly rate? I have worked as an application
>> developer (Dev 2000) and a DBA(Oracle) for about 4 years.
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>To get the best rates you need skill AND visibility. Write papers,
>give presentations, do a chapter for a book. It really helps.
>With new clients, we show them all the papers we published in the
>last year. It really helps. As a result, we do no advertising,
>All work comes from word of mouth and from conferences.
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>Rate depends on where you are. In the East US, we charges
>from $500/day - $2,000/day. Your experiences would get you
>between $600 - $1,000/day around here. Rate is what you can
>negotiate. Sleeping at home should get a high premium.
>Long term contracts mean no downtime so command a lower
>rate.
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>Paul Dorsey
>Dulcian, Inc.
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>> Thanks for the help.
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>> Dinar
>>

Christian Kaas
Client/Server development and consulting Fax. 49-9129-5518
Phone 49-9129-5508 Received on Wed Jul 30 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT