>>>>>$100 per hour, it's a nice and simple way to add and any good developer is worth it.
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>>>>As Tamar says, a number of us charge more. It has a lot to do with client perception as well - if they are hiring you to "program" that is one scale. Hiring you to "solve business problems" pays much better <s>
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>>>I have not forgotten your explanation of how you choose your billing rate: "The biggest number I can say without giggling."
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>><s> Yeah, I always said "You quote a number and if they don't blink and you don't giggle - that's the number."
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>>And when they tell me they can get someone to do it cheaper I tell them that I even know a guy who'll do their Lasiks surgery for $50 and a six-pack. They seem to get the idea.
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>And, of course, the hourly rate is only part of the equation. How long it takes to do the job is another part. I think my clients get more for an hour of my time than they would for an hour of many other people's. They seem to agree since they happily pay my rate.
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>Tamar
Oh, and in regard to the S type Jaguar ( or my STS ) It never hurts when quoting that rate to look like the client wouldn't be the first to think you were worth that kind of money <s>
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