>>>If you current employer walked in tomorrow and said he didn't have enough money to meet the payroll, what would you do?
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>>Actually, that already happened a few months ago and there have been several pay delays since then. Fortunately, they have only lasted for a few days, but who knows how long the delays could be in the future. (It's a shame too, because this is a good place to work, and I have a lot of influence on the technical direction for the future.) Anyway, at that time, I put my resume out, but haven't received any interested parties for full-time permanent work. This is the first long-term contract that has been presented.
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>Your $10-15K increase may be cut substaintially by the fact that you could be paying an additional 7% FICA tax, i.e., you'll be paying the whole 15%.
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As a W2, they may pay for that. I'll ask to be sure. Either way, I think I'm going to try to push the rate up closer towards the low end of an independent.

>Franklin seems to be like Lincoln... not a real hot data center, so programming jobs are scarce. How "far and wide" have you cast your resume?

Franklin is just south of Nashville, which is where this contract job is located. Nashville is not a high-tech area per se, but there are a lot of businesses here. Unfortunately, VFP is not in as high demand here as the job boards make it appear. I've been presented only with short-term contract work. The recruiter said that VB/SQL/ASP are the desired skills here. Looks like I'll have to get those on my resume to build more security.