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		mahmud on June 10, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Need suggestion on contracting rate I charged $150/hr to setup a VOIP server, and $40/day to teach Scheme. What could you possibly triangulate from this? Just know your industry and ask your peers.

pumper on June 10, 2009 [–]

Ye, that helps thanks. Any more data points?

mahmud on June 10, 2009 | [–]

Why don't you call Dell, IBM, Sun et al. and become a sales partner? it's the IT equivalent of street-corner pushing and you will learn how much things are worth IRL very quickly.

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