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Re:Need suggestion on contracting rate by mahmud on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @12:54AM (#650594)
I charged $150/hr to setup a VOIP server, and $40/day to teach Scheme. What could you possibly triangulate from this?

Just know your industry and ask your peers.

Re:Need suggestion on contracting rate by pumper on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @12:57AM (#650595)
Ye, that helps thanks. Any more data points?
Re:Need suggestion on contracting rate by mahmud on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @01:14AM (#650614)
Why don't you call Dell, IBM, Sun et al. and become a sales partner? it's the IT equivalent of street-corner pushing and you will learn how much things are worth IRL very quickly.