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<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 class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><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 face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
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 face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Charlotte Foust</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>