[Info-vax] Contract Opportunity: VMS Developer

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 4/6/19 3:22 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <q8apf9$hs9$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> 
>> I sent an email to the guy.  Up front I mentioned the last time I quoted
>> a rate it was $150/hr.  I've seen more, and less, but thought I'd throw
>> that against the wall and see if it would stick.
>>
>> Never heard back.  No reply.
>>
>> Perhaps they'd pay minimum wage ????
> 
> There is a lot of room between minimum wage and $150/hr.  With a
> forty-hour work week, that 24,000 per month.  Even allowing for the fact
> that that is gross pay, that as a freelancer one isn't permanently
> employed, that one has to pay all insurance etc oneself, that is still a
> very good salary.  Half of that would still be reasonable, and still a
> long way from minimum wage.
> 


And that is Canadian dollars.  I just had a Canadian wanting to buy
some PDP-11 stuff from me today complaining about how the Canadian
Dollar had tanked when converting to US Dollars.

And, don't forget, if it's a contract position you are paying your
own taxes out of that.  And health care.  And insurance.  And no
paid holidays.  No paid vacation.  People too often confuse 1099
work with being a full-time employee.

bill