[consulting] Consultant Community

[Ms. Nancy Wichmann]

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.

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.

 
Nancy 
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.



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>From: John Saward <john at also.com.au>
>To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers <consulting at drupal.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [consulting] Consultant Community
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>Professionally I've been doing Drupal for about 6 years. Never not had work in my in-tray in that time.
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>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.
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>I situate myself somewhere around the mid-range, usually.
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>Now I can have the pleasure of broadening the range I convey, to: "$2 to $300 per hour".
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>On a rough calculation that might mean I need to increase my rates a bit to stay in the middle. :)
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>But.. holding off for now.....
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>We know one thing for sure from this discussion: "There is no indication of price fixing amongst Drupal developers" :)
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>John
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>On 23/08/2011, at 11:08 PM, Fred Jones wrote:
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>> I'm not here for 10 years, not even 5 really--I'm been hanging out for
>> 3 or 4 maybe, so I don't know the history as others do, but aside from
>> the exponential growth of the overall community, the developers
>> community has also grown in numbers and in diversity. It was revealed
>> at a Drupalcon last year (or two years ago) that there are dev shops
>> charging up to $300 an hour. Now it has been revealed that there are
>> also resources offering their services for $2 an hour.
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