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Originally posted by Baal
I don't know your programmer, but I will say that most *good* mainstream programmers can get from $80 - $120 an hour, so any programmer who charges signifigantly less than this can't code as well as your average programmer out there. Now, I understand that times are tough and some talented folks must sell their coding services for less than this, but keep that range in mind. You get what you pay for.
I can't tell you how many times folks have approached me with a coding project and expected to pay me $5-$15 an hour. They cite others' rates as a basis for their numbers. I reccomend that if that's their budget, then hire a low bidder to code the application, then pay me the real money to fix it if it doesn't meet expectations. I remember one case a few months ago, where a developer won a contract to code a custom web server log extraction utility (basic stuff), and agreed to be paid $6.00 an hour. 2 weeks later (on a 2 hour job), the developer delivered the code and was paid. But the program didn't run. The developer essentially said "I don't know how to impliment it; I'm just a developer." 
That's like hiring someone to build a car for you, and them saying "I don't know how to make it run; I'm just a car manufacturer." *That's* why they charged only $6.00 an hour.
Anyhow, good luck with your projects.
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I always shoot for $30/hr..
anyone who offers me $15/hr I tell them to look elsewhere.
course, I dont program anymore right now.. tryin to get my head together.. its impossible for me to concentrate on any work, too many things going on in my offline life =/
i need to get aderol
