The reality is that most of the time, the user is the content owner, having created the content. And for these people, having control over their documents will be a direct result of having created them. They will also have the ability to control the way they are disseminated.
This point seems missed in a lot of these discussions. Someone has to create and lock down the files... and that person probably meant to. They had every right to do it, and MS is giving them what they want, control over the access rights to their content. Why is that a problem?
"Man, $125/hour thats crazy! Consultant companies don't hire their programmers out for that much!"
Yes they do. All the time. I've personally hired people coming from consulting companies that much... and twice that much... and almost 3 times that much. Try finding a really really good webobjects guru for less than $200/hr.
"I'd say shoot for around $40/hr. Do you know how much freelance PHP programmers online are working for these days. We'd take full project in the range from $100 and up."
PHP is the bottom of the barrel, since many many people know it, it's quickly becoming like knowing HTML... whoppie shit, you know HTML.
If you ask for a rate that low to start, you'll be insulting them, and yourself.
Asking for a higher rate in the software/design/etc. world shows the customer that you know what you're doing, and you should be treated with respect.
If you ask for $25/hr you're admitting that you're a college kid with some spare time, and they will continue to treat you as such, asking for more $50+/hr will command some respect. You can always come down, or negotiate from there, but never ever start for a low rate thinking you'll price yourself out of a job. They want to work with you, so the likelyhood of them walking away without making a counter-offer is almost nil.
I'd ask for at least $50/hr, especially if it's going to be a part time thing, no benefits, and no long term plan for what they want to give you.
Selling yourself short for technical work is shooting yourself in the foot, in every way!
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Why can't you believe that? Verisign is not a NPO, they're a company that exists to make money. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
The reality is that most of the time, the user is the content owner, having created the content. And for these people, having control over their documents will be a direct result of having created them. They will also have the ability to control the way they are disseminated. This point seems missed in a lot of these discussions. Someone has to create and lock down the files... and that person probably meant to. They had every right to do it, and MS is giving them what they want, control over the access rights to their content. Why is that a problem?
"Man, $125/hour thats crazy! Consultant companies don't hire their programmers out for that much!" Yes they do. All the time. I've personally hired people coming from consulting companies that much... and twice that much... and almost 3 times that much. Try finding a really really good webobjects guru for less than $200/hr. "I'd say shoot for around $40/hr. Do you know how much freelance PHP programmers online are working for these days. We'd take full project in the range from $100 and up." PHP is the bottom of the barrel, since many many people know it, it's quickly becoming like knowing HTML... whoppie shit, you know HTML.
Software development, in a contract with no benefits? $25 is very much entry level.
$25 (or $51k/yr) is entry level maybe if it's with a big established company giving you benefits, but for hourly contract work, it's not.
If you ask for a rate that low to start, you'll be insulting them, and yourself. Asking for a higher rate in the software/design/etc. world shows the customer that you know what you're doing, and you should be treated with respect. If you ask for $25/hr you're admitting that you're a college kid with some spare time, and they will continue to treat you as such, asking for more $50+/hr will command some respect. You can always come down, or negotiate from there, but never ever start for a low rate thinking you'll price yourself out of a job. They want to work with you, so the likelyhood of them walking away without making a counter-offer is almost nil. I'd ask for at least $50/hr, especially if it's going to be a part time thing, no benefits, and no long term plan for what they want to give you. Selling yourself short for technical work is shooting yourself in the foot, in every way!
Laugh it up.
that's three hundred million dollars.