> **I need to think about my availablity as a consultant. > 1. what hours a day am i avail. > 2. whats my weekend work policy? > 3. Evening policy? > 4. What do i do for vacation > 5. What if im sick. I would probally end up asking some of these questions, write it up in a contract, perhaps offer 2 or 3 tiers of 'service' (one 24x7, one 8hr/day, one less than that) and offer rates based on your inconvience. Make sure you feel like your being compensated for your work. I dont know what going rates are for the levels of service you can provide, however. -- Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> <sdier at debian.org> http://www.ringworld.org/ #linuxos at irc.openprojects.net So I ran up to him, and the exchange went something like this: Me: Oh my god! You're Larry Niven! Him: Oh my god! You're Wil Wheaton! -Wil Wheaton, in a Slashdot interview