So Whats This Work At Home Shit Anyway?

Originally Posted by lord-of-shadow

I did freelance web development from my room in my parent's house doing highschool. Got paid 16 bucks an hour for it, too. This was possible due to the nature of the work, which was a client contractor deal, where I was my own boss, and the clients basically didn't care what I did as long as I got it done. It did require a lot of long-distance communication shenanigans though. Lots of talking on the phone, a couple web meetings, and enough emails to choke an rss junkie.

If you were getting paid $16/hr you were getting ripped off.

Typically web developers are paid between $50 - $150/hr. In fact by charging less you are doing a disservice not just to yourself but the entire market.

When you're a contractor, you should set your rates so that you're turning away about half your clients. If you're not, raise or lower your rates until you are.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

Are you completely certain about that? I know some web developers, and although we don't discuss such things, their lifestyles do not suggest that they get paid anything like that. I'm pretty sure they get paid more than $16.00 an hour, just not as much as you're suggesting.

I'm an independent software engineer. I'm do a very similar thing, but I write desktop applications and not web sites. I know hundreds of web developers. In fact, I spent all of last weekend at a wedding full of them.

Yes. Those numbers are correct. If you are charging less you should be charging more.

Note that when you are a contractor, you do not typically work 40hrs/wk. The point of contracting is to work fewer hours a week, typically 30 or less.

How ya doing, buddy?