<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes. That's why I situate myself in the middle.<div><br></div><div>Yr contributions here are well considered I think. There must be plenty of work for you.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 24/08/2011, at 11:22 AM, Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div><span>The higher end is going to be for people connected with a large services firm. The lower end is going to be offshore, up to school kids cutting their teeth.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>It's us freelancers, who usually work alone, that have a hard time setting rates. Recruiters and other Drupallers tell me that my rates are fair, but hiring companies are balking at them. I know if I go much lower, I can't pay my rent. I just need to hook up with some services firm with regular work.</span></div><div> </div><div><font color="#ff007f" size="4" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><i><strong>Nancy</strong></i></font></div> <div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.</font></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Saward <<a href="mailto:john@also.com.au">john@also.com.au</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers <<a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:56 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [consulting] Consultant Community<br></font><br>Professionally I've been doing Drupal for about 6 years. Never not had work in my in-tray in that time.<br><br>Up till now when clients check out expected rates with me I often say rates vary a lot, in the range $30 to $200 per hour.<br><br>I
situate myself somewhere around the mid-range, usually.<br><br>Now I can have the pleasure of broadening the range I convey, to: "$2 to $300 per hour".<br><br>On a rough calculation that might mean I need to increase my rates a bit to stay in the middle. :)<br><br>But.. holding off for now.....<br><br>We know one thing for sure from this discussion: "There is no indication of price fixing amongst Drupal developers" :)<br><br>John<br><br>On 23/08/2011, at 11:08 PM, Fred Jones wrote:<br><br>> I'm not here for 10 years, not even 5 really--I'm been hanging out for<br>> 3 or 4 maybe, so I don't know the history as others do, but aside from<br>> the exponential growth of the overall community, the developers<br>> community has also grown in numbers and in diversity. It was revealed<br>> at a Drupalcon last year (or two years ago) that there are dev shops<br>> charging up to $300 an hour. Now it has been revealed that there are<br>> also
resources offering their services for $2 an hour.<br><br>Studio Also @ <a href="http://www.also.com.au">www.also.com.au</a> | <a ymailto="mailto:john@also.com.au" href="mailto:john@also.com.au">john@also.com.au</a> | 03 5968 1541</div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>