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Re:Ask HN: where's a good place to look for smart contract w... by icey on Thursday June 12, 2008 @06:16PM (#216349)
A quick and dirty baseline is to take your yearly salary and divide by 1000, giving you an hourly rate.
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Re:Ask HN: where's a good place to look for smart contract w... by jon_dahl on Thursday June 12, 2008 @08:28PM (#216416)
This is a good rule of thumb, and probably the most common one. It's basically identical to 2x your hourly rate as an employee. (FT employment is often figured at 2000 hours/year.)

So if you want the equivalent of $75,000/year, charge $75/hour.

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Re:Ask HN: where's a good place to look for smart contract w... by anewaccountname on Thursday June 12, 2008 @10:35PM (#216481)
"2x your hourly rate as an employee"

Maybe if you can manage to pretend that your employer doesn't pay half of your social security taxes =)

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Re:Ask HN: where's a good place to look for smart contract w... by icey on Thursday June 12, 2008 @10:45PM (#216494)
That's part of why you have to figure for a rate so much higher than your salaried rate.
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