1/26 Solaris System admin job available in Palo Alto. 3 years exp.
One year contract; $50 /hr -- or $60/hr for independent.
Email me for more info.
- ivy
\_ Dude, Contactor makes that much of money? It's almost 100k.
-bkong
\_ Gee, I was just thinking that $60/hr is pretty pathetic.
\_ My company bills other people $150/hr to borrow me.. 2-3x is
pretty standard for contracting rates.. that's about the markup
factor Taos uses, too..
\_ Contractor = no benefits. Cash only. Pay your own taxes and
what would normally be your emplyer's share, etc. $60/hr as
an indep. contractor is a slave wage.
\_ So what hourly pay as an independent contractor would
be equal to $50 as an employee?
\_ I've always heard $10/hour for every $10000 you'd
make as an employee. So, about $104/hour. I've never
been such a contractor, though. It's just a rule of
thumb I've seen bandied about. --dim
\_ I was going to say "about $100/hr". It's up there.
There's tons of costs involved that you don't have
to cover as a real employee.
\_ Hard to say...but most "clued" UNIX SAs demand at least
$80/hr for independent contract positions. $60/hr used
to be more "standard" about a year and a half ago. As
for "what is equal to $50 as an employee" -- it's hard
to say. It'd be up there, past $100/hr. --chris
\_ I used to do $ contractor = 2x $ perm. So that's $100/hr
for your $50/hr perm. Nowadays, I'd go for 2.5x
or even 3x for odious things...
\_ ivy is willing to do brainless shit work for lots o money. She's an
industry slut.
\_ So, ivy, what's the job they're paying peanuts for? Do they
understand how terrible their pay rate is? 3 yrs of Solaris goes
for more than this.
\_ Allright, who on Soda is actually making more than $60/hr as an SA?
-ax
\_ We charge more than 60, but I get 40. --sowings
\_ aye - based on my experiences looking about in the summer/fall,
100/hr for a typical SSA (ie, not guru) is rather high, even
accounting for taxes if you're 1099 (less common). -jor
\_ We're not debating whether it's high or not. The poster
asked what the equivalent to $50/hour salaried would be.
$50/hour is $104,000/year, which is also uncommon. --dim
\_ $104K is not uncommon...but it's usually a better deal
to get a consistent $104K salary than to hedge your bets
on getting high paying contracts. --chris
amended: $104K salary >>> than sitting around a couple of
months unemployed waiting for those high paying contracts,
which can be few and far between.
\_ I doing both. I have a $104K+ perm job, and I have a
half time contract on the side (paying at a 3x rate,
at that).
\_ you are misusing the phrase "hedge your bets". to
hedge a bet is to limit your risk by reducing your
potential gains --aaron
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\_ People are throwing a lot of numbers, but I think a lot of people
are using formulas to reach them. Based on real actual experience
I can tell you that someone making $75K on salary tends to get
about $60/hr on contract, and someone making $90K-$100K on salary
tends to get about $80/hr on contract. As far as getting >80
\_ if that's true, then people would be idiots to WANT to be
contractors.
per hour as a Solaris admin, I have no first hand knowledge
of anyone getting that, so I would think it's somewhat rare. -ax
\_ You guys are forgetting about the possibility of VERY long term
contracts. $80 an hour is ~160K a year. And that's a 40 hour
a week contract, which beats the hell out of the average work
50+ hours a week for 90K Sr. admin salary job. - ax
\_ You're forgetting extra taxes, insurance, and other things that
add up. When have you _ever_ heard of anyone getting a year
long contract at 80/hr? Most people don't stay on salary for
that long at a single place. You're making shit up. There is
zero possibility of a high paying long term contract as you
describe it. |
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