On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, John Hoffoss wrote: > I know this is a pretty vague question, but is on the topic. I'm > curious to know how to determine what your rates should be for > contracting. I guess it depends more on the nature of the job and > experience required to complete it, but as someone who has only done > small jobs for acquaintances (often for no more than beer and a > dinner) I have no idea where rates would start. Is there a website > that provides a good scale of what to charge based on the work that > anyone uses to pick their rates? Note that I haven't actually done private consulting personally; but quite a few of my friends have, so take what I say with a grain of salt. :) You need to make sure that your rates reflect your abilities (IE, if you're a fairly experienced admin who can get stuff done quick, your rates could be quite a bit higher than someone who does Linux "on the side" and can stumble through it), and your rates also need to be low enough that they can't go hire a consulting company for the same price. Also depends on the size of the company hiring you, and the length of the job. (From what I've heard, long-term gigs usually pay better, and larger companies usually pay better.) For individual consultants, I usually see rates of $40-$80/hr, depending on skill level and the type of job. This is assuming short-term contract, of course. Of course, if you're a Cisco guru doing complex router configurations for a large company, $250/hr may be more like it.. :) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list