Oh, and spending a lot of time proving that reported bugs/problems have nothing to do with your code/design. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Ammerman" To: Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: PIC programming job > Plus sick time, health insurance, fixing things on 'warranty', etc, etc, > etc. > > Bob Ammerman > RAm Systems > (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level > software) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Spehro Pefhany" > To: > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 4:44 AM > Subject: Re: [OT]: PIC programming job > > > > At 04:28 PM 5/25/01 -0700, you wrote: > > I was once told that the ammount one > > >should charge for a contract was equal to 1.5 times what you could get as > an > > >employee somewhere doing the same thing (at least for starters). > > > > 2.0 is more like it if you intend to make a living at it, and the > contracts > > are not very long in duration. You have to consider the costs of bidding > > on contracts that don't come through (because someone else got it, or > > because the customer decided not to go ahead with it), the cost of > equipment, > > software, learning new things to keep up and so on. Also the paperwork, > and > > there may be times the bill doesn't get paid. Plus, you'll be shelling out > > the employer's share of certain taxes as well as your own. Then there's > > benefits and contributions to a tax-sheltered retirement fund, vacation > > allowance (even a miserly 2 weeks per year is an extra 4% you have to > > charge). > > > > Best regards, > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > = > > Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the > reward" > > speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: > http://www.trexon.com > > Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: > http://www.speff.com > > Contributions invited->The AVR-gcc FAQ is at: > http://www.bluecollarlinux.com > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > = > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu