[AccessD] OT Contract Rates

Thank you Arthur and everyone for your advice, would never of thought of
some of this, been a member of this list for over 12 years now, tried to
help out whenever I got the chance, and the knowledge of the people on this
list has proved invaluable over the years.

On 1 August 2012 17:44, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good advice from Dan, to which I would add this: you need to figure out the
> cost of your employment at the first firm, and this is important since your
> salary was only the beginning of said cost. You also have to factor in the
> cost of your cubicle or office, the cost of the physical equipment (not the
> servers) you used, the cost of supporting services such as photocopying,
> and perhaps even the cost of (assuming such perks) coffee and free drinks.
> So, if the firm was paying you, say, $85,000 a year for 2000 hours, your
> actual cost to the firm was in excess of $100k. That's what you should be
> basing your hourly rate on, particularly because you'll be incurring these
> extra costs in your home/office. Oh, and since the firm has been paying for
> the SQL and other licenses, that's an additional cost you might have to
> incur. Of course, all this has to be compared to what the others competing
> for the gig might charge for their services. But there's one additional
> factor to consider. Having worked on these systems for years, you have a
> decided leg up on the competition, who may require weeks or months to learn
> how they all fit together and work to deliver a solution.
>
> And finally, as was mentioned, you need to consider the effects this
> additional gig will have upon your family, your weekends off, etc.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Arthur
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