Chris Eddy wrote:
> 
> Vincent Deno wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'm still only a college student... so I don't have ANY spare time.  However,
> > after this quarter, I'd be willing to contract someone's extra work for
> > $50-$90/hour.
> > :)
> >
> 
> Patience, Grasshopper.  The gulf between the fresh rosy face and the seen it, done
> it engineer is measured in years.  When I jumped in the big pond, I had 5 years
> of  design experience.  I started out making $25 per hour, and begging to be
> 'trusted'.  4.5 years later, I have hit 50-55 per hour.  It would be higher, but
> western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) is a bit funny about big dollar figures.  In my
> first year as a consultant, our family income was $14,000, with student loans and
> debt to boot.

<GRIN> My first two commercial projects (PID controller for 
a linear pump motor & bicycle alarm) didn't do much for my 
pocket either. I ended up learning more about when to demand 
payment that writing code. Both projects flopped (not because 
of me), and I ended up getting f-all for my efforts.

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