OT: Going rate for LAMP jobs

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:05 PM, sammy ominsky wrote:
>
> In short, DO NOT undersell yourself if you're worth it.  But you do  
> have to sell yourself, and explain patiently and clearly why it's  
> worth it for them to spend real money for real work.
>

And to add the flip side, don't sell yourself if you are not worth it.  
If you don't know something or are not very good at it, the last place  
you want to learn is at a customer who pays by the hour. Do a job on  
your own as a demo and learning platform, or even better a pro-bono  
(free to a good cause) job.

As for the rates Sammy mentioned, note that if you go through an  
agency or headhunter, that will be the rate they charge, and you get a  
cut of that. How much depends upon what you expect with the money, if  
you are paid between jobs, etc.

Geoff.

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