NYCPHP Meetup

[Joe M]

>how can one
>afford to live in New York, and only get $50 an hour 
>contracting? 
spend a lot of time with your boxes.....<g>
competition here, esp in your field is fierce right now. 
You'd probably get a higher rate repairing legacy Netware 
systems. just my two cents for what it's worth. 
                                           Joe Marabotto





On Thu,  9 May 2002 01:55:37 -0400
  "Alan T. Miller" <amiller at hollywood101.com> wrote:
>I joined the NYPHP mailing list in part because I am 
>seriously considering
>moving to New York City in the next few months, although 
>I have to ask,
>considering $50.00 an hour seems to be a high rate 
>there... how can one
>afford to live in New York, and only get $50 an hour 
>contracting? I am
>currently in Phoenix, and it is hard to get by now.  I 
>would have thought
>with the high cost of living one would make more. Is it 
>just me or does it
>seem a little strange?
>
>Alan
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "rons dixon" <rdixon at chemweek.com>
>To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 5:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] appropriate rates
>
>
>> If no database work is involved then I would charge 
>>$50.00
>> an hour.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed,  8 May 2002 19:07:46 -0400
>>   "Kenneth Schwartz" <kenschwartz at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>> >I know this question is hard to answer due to the many
>> >factors that could be involved.   But I'm just looking
>> >for very general input.  I'm wondering if anyone can 
>>give
>> >me ballpark idea of appropriate rates/project price for 
>>a
>> >fairly 'normal' upgrade from a static HTML site to one
>> >with some PHP enabled dynamic components.  By 'normal' 
>>I
>> >mean nothing crazy in the data model or code expected. 
>> I
>> >need to give a client a project price and I've been
>> >working completely inside a corporate environment for 
>>the
>> >past 3 years so I really don't know what the freelance
>> >market will bear.  Anyone wish to enlighten me?
>> >
>> >Thanks and best regards,
>> >Kenneth Schwartz
>> >
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>     Rons Dixon
>>     Programmer /Network Specialist
>>     Chemical Week Associates.
>>     212-621-4613
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