Re:Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate
by danielvaughn on Friday August 26, 2022 @10:15AM
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I tailor my price quite a bit based on what I want. At my best, I feel I'm worth about $200/hour. But I like to work with very early stage companies, and they rarely can afford that. Plus, I've entered into a stage of my life where I just find it hard to really push myself. I like having a relaxing job that I don't need to think too hard about, i.e. I don't really feel like being worth $200/hour. So these days I've been varying between $50-75/hour.
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Re:Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate
by lupire on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:06AM
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Don't think about how hard you work. Think about how much longer the young inexperienced person would have to work hard to match your results. Think about how much time you dnt spend on mistakes on the way to completion, and bake that multiplier into your rate.
Re:Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate
by danielvaughn on Friday August 26, 2022 @01:33PM
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Very true, that's a great way to think about it.
Re:Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate
by jdjslskshdj on Friday August 26, 2022 @12:24PM
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This resonated with me, thank you for writing this.
Re:Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate
by pc86 on Friday August 26, 2022 @11:37AM
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Honestly I get this. I was charging $175-200/hr for years, 2-5 hours/week on top of my full-time dev job. Now I've taken easier gigs for $90/hr, and do ~10 hours/week on top of my EM job and it feels 10x better.