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<DIV><FONT size=2>The "rule of thumb" that I have always used is to
charge a daily rate that is equal to 1% of an employees salary. If a
person is paid $60,000 per year, the daily rate is $600 -- or $75 per hour ($85
in NYC because it is only a 7 hour day).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Joe O'Connell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="mailto:joconnell@indy.rr.com">joconnell@indy.rr.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Wortz, Charles <<A
href="mailto:CWortz@tea.state.tx.us">CWortz@tea.state.tx.us</A>><BR><B>To:
</B><A
href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">accessd@databaseadvisors.com</A>
<<A
href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">accessd@databaseadvisors.com</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Thursday, March 27, 2003 5:12 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>RE: [AccessD]
OT:Building your business was... Rate for first time<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><SPAN class=929101921-27032003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I just so
happen to be working on our db for contractors this afternoon and can report
that the hourly rate we pay for full-time contractors varies from
about $40 to over $100. However, all of them come to us from
contracting companies, so the individual only receives a portion of the
rate. Some of them are salaried employees of the contracting
company but most are sub-contractors.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Charles Wortz</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Software Development
Division</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Texas
Education Agency</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>1701
N. Congress Ave</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>Austin, TX 78701-1494</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>512-463-9493</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>CWortz@tea.state.tx.us</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir = ltr><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Charlotte
Foust [mailto:cfoust@infostatsystems.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday 2003 Mar
27 14:59<BR><B>To:</B> accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[AccessD] OT:Building your business was... Rate for first
time<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=128545320-27032003><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS"
size=2>I'm not an independent. I work full time as a salaried
developer and contract and consult on the side. In my previous job, I
actually worked as a contract employee for the feds, but my employer was the
contractor, so I had the best of both worlds ... until they lost the
contract. I could have stayed on with the new contractor but knew it
would never work because I have a bad habit of saying exactly what I think,
regardless of how exalted the other person thinks they are.
<vbg> So I went out and found myself this job. I've been
lucky so far. As soon as one job begins to pall, I fall into another
that gives me new experience and that I like even better. At the same
time, I sometimes work for a company that provides contact employees, but
that is strictly part-time when it occurs. I have a friend who is a
project manager, so she finds projects and then gets them to add me on as
the database person on the project. As long as I can work evenings and
weekends, it works beautifully.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=128545320-27032003><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS"
size=2>Charlotte Foust</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>