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[Kristina Anderson]

Bruce,

Also, please bear in mind that 95% of the budget on these "big 
redesigns" goes to non-technical persons (management, artists, and 
various hangers-on).   For systems consulting, say, you know, where it's 
just for a few hours or a day or two, and someone restores data and/or 
deals with a hardware emergency, then yes, $90/hr or even $100/hr is 
common.   Major league Sys Admins and DBAs can also score that much.

But at $50/hr, that comes to $2,000+ a week or about $9000+ a month 
(depending on how many hours you can get per week).  For a humble 
programmer of PHP that is about as good as it gets, unfortunately.  I've 
been consulting in the NYC market for over 10 years, BTW, and also was 
on the sales end placing consultants for several years during the middle 
of the last decade, so I know what rates really are...

Stand your ground on a reasonable rate as long as you can; the forces at 
work to undercut us and reduce our income are relentless and brutal.  
Yes, you as a programmer do deserve to make a decent living, no matter 
what you are told by people looking to save a buck or two.  Good luck!!

Kristina

On 4/1/2011 11:51 PM, Bruce Martin wrote:
>
> Hi all, I was wondering how much the going rate for a website redesign 
> is going for now days. I am always turned down in my town for charging 
> too much, but I really can't see doing a site for less.
>
> http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/07/18m-being-spent-to-redesign-recoverygov-web-site.html
>
> I think I am under charging. Sorry to bring this up but it is really 
> eating away at me, as I know I would have loved to been in on this 
> bidding, if in deed it did go up for bid.
>
> Bruce Martin
> c. 917-727-8230
> p. 570-421-0670
> bmartin at mac.com <mailto:bmartin at mac.com>
>
>
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