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Re:How to Work Out What to Charge Clients by mindcrime on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @02:29PM (#16268183)
It's not that extreme. I was a "big data" consultant a couple of years ago and our bill-rate for gigs I went out on went as high as $200/hr at times. Our clients were all over the US, not just in the SV area, FWIW.
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Re:How to Work Out What to Charge Clients by JamesBarney on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @05:57PM (#16269885)
Were the people being billed out at 200/hr making 50/hr?
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Re:How to Work Out What to Charge Clients by mindcrime on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @09:45AM (#16274179)
I'm not sure, exactly. Partly because A. that was a few years ago and I don't remember everything and B. our compensation there was a mixed model that included a base salary along with hourly "bonus" money for billable hours, which varied depending on whether the gig was onsite or remote, etc.

But suffice it to say, if I went out on a gig that was being billed at $200.0 / hr, I wasn't making anywhere close to $200.00 / hr personally.

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