When an office worker who works independently is paid $100K to work 2000 hrs, that amounts to $50 per hour.

But: when planning the number of such workers needed, the productivity figure is never higher than 50%.

And when one is a consultant, that time is unpaid.

So $100/hr actually just covers costs, based on a $100K salary. Which if you look at GlassDoor or other such sites, is low for a Sr. Software Engineer.

Hank

>>>>Hello Lutz,
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>>>>What do you mean by "my hours are only 2 to 3 ks long." what is ks?
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>>>Kiloseconds?
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>>You forgot to put a smiley :). Kilo means one thousand. Since when the hours are measured in thousands of seconds? lol
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>I seriously think that he meant that. Look, a standard hour is 3,6ks... so his hours are shorter, as fits a consultant (now a smiley: :) ).
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>You should read some SF. AFAIR, several authors (Charles Stross, for one, but possibly Phillip Jose Farmer too) used metric seconds in space. So, it's about 40-60 years now. Calculate your age in megaseconds, you never know when your next metric birthday may be.