[CS-FSLUG] Consulting advice

[Timothy Butler]

>
>> All--
>>
>> I'm a freelance programmer with a Bachelors degree, experience in
>> Python, PHP, SQL and and web programming, as well as Java, C, and C 
>> ++.
>> I'm trying to determine what is a fair houly rate, and also, what  
>> is the
>> going rate in California.  The odds are good that I will be
>> telecommuting, and I want to get what moneys I can.  Does anyone have
>> any experience in this?  Any advice?
>>
>
> Here, the rate is $85 per hour or more. I have no idea what the  
> going rate in
> Calf. is.

     Here, in St. Louis, it is anywhere from $50-$125/hr. I do mostly  
non-commercial work, so it is on the lower end of that range, on  
average.

     -Tim