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- From: floydb1@lib105.its.rpi.edu (Barry B Floyd)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Contract Rates for C/C++ Programmers
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 14:17:29 -0500
- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
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- In article <4ecodj$f8o@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu>, larued@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us writes:
- |> In <31099e73.123691484@news.epix.net>, an455400@anon.penet.fi writes:
- |> >
- |> >Looking for the going rate or average rate/hour for a contract C/C++
- |> >programmer/developer.
- |> >
- |> >Please email info to kenkos@epix.net.
- |> >
- |> >Thanks in advance.
- |> >
- |> >-Ken
- |> >
- |>
- |> Ken,
- |>
- |> C/C++ is a tool like any other. What are you capable of working on?
- |> Are you experienced? Is money what is most important? Do you include
- |> benefits in your estimates?
- |>
- |> I have seen contract rates for C/C++ from $12K/year to $100K/year.
- |>
- |> Be a bit more specific next time.
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- From a different angle -- What will your market be willing to pay?
-
- Very small businesses in need of a simple custom program (in any
- language) might not be willing to pay as much as larger businesses.
- Sometimes the perceived problem (i.e. program) is not mission
- critical and/or not needed yesterday. If so, the value of a solution
- is perceived as low.
-
- In a larger company with a mission critical problem, they may be
- comparing the cost of a contractor to that of a full-time employee
- (i.e. salary, benefits, training, office space, equipment, support
- personnel).
-
- If the contract includes training existing staff, you
- are providing extra value (i.e. you won't be needed again).
-
- $10.4k/year = $5.00/hr * 2080 hrs (1 Full-Time Equiv. - FTE )
- $12.0k/year = $5.76/hr * 2080 hrs
- $20.8k/year = $10.00/hr * 2080 hrs
-
- $104.k/year = $50.00/hr * 2080 hrs
-
- A contractor may not be expected to work 1 FTE, but the closer
- to it you get the more your rate may be compared to hiring another
- employee. $50/hr may not be unreasonable for some assignments, but
- $104k/year can buy most companies 2+ programmers w/benefits etc.
-
- Some contrators offer 'fixed maximum cost' contracts, particularly
- when the contract is well defined. As such, the contractors per hour
- rate may not be mentioned in the contract, but the contractor will
- have used a rate and expected number of hours required to arrive at
- the total. If it takes the contractor twice as long, their rate
- effectively is cut in half.
-
- 2 cents worth...
-
- barry
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