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Upgrade Pricing on ColdFusion Builder 2

So, maybe I'm late to the game wih this, but I was just on Adobe.com and happended to look at ColdFusion Builder 2 in the store and saw they now offer upgrade pricing for Builder if you have any of the following:

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Freelance Pay Scale - What should you charge

So, this started out as a bit of a brain dump on the AZCFUG.org mailing list when someone asked what the going rate is for a ColdFusion Developer these days. I recieved a lot of positive feedback on it, so I thought it might be a good idea to share on here.

 

A good baseline for picking a rate is:

 

Take what you earn a year, say, $60,000

You work about 2000 hrs a year, so your hourly rate there is about $30 an hour

Being a full time employee has it's advantages (usually..) Steady pay, health insurance, paid time off... You get the idea.

Those "benefits" have a literal value, say roughly equal to your pay.

So as a baseline number, double whatever your assumed hourly rate a full time job would be, in this case somewhere around $60 hour

I then usually add or subtract based on the job itself: Taking over someone else's evil, poorly coded project that looks like a nightmare, I add 50% - 100%

If it's something cool that I've never done before and I can learn from it, I might discount it some.

Also, factor in that you need to pay taxes on this income (we all report all of our side income, Right???) So, assume your going to lose about 40% of the money you make.

The volume of work (guaranteed work), my availability, possible perks (free stuff they make or sell), how tight or loose their deadlines are, do they seem cool or are they going to be a pain in the a**, should all factor into that pricing.

(Comments added by Cheryl Novalis-Marine)
I think you also need to consider Industry and size of the company (maybe even more so than the location).  I have a long time client out of Manhattan NY, but they are a smaller company and because they are in NYC they have a lot of high expenses.  No way they would be able to pay $200/hour.  So, lots of things to factor in when deciding.

At the end of all of that, look at how much money you stand to take home once the job is done, is it worth the time/effort/stress

 

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I'm impressed. You don't often see big companies with well established niches come around and really innovate, but RIM (Blackberry) has really done it this time.

They're getting ready to release their competitor to the iPad, the Blackberry Playbook and to make sure they have a well stocked library of apps ready they've made an incredible offer. Write an app for the Playbook, get it approved for the store and they'll send you a FREE playbook as a thank you.

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Ever wonder what the view from Mickey Mouse's Penthouse at the Disneyland Hotel looks like?

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Posted by | Posted on September 18, 2007

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WOW!



What an amazing trip to Disneyland! Our whole family wound up making the trip for at least part of the time we were here. Mandy's Mom and Step-Father came out on Friday, my folks, my Sister, Mandy's Sister's family (Nikki, Jason and Chloe) came out on Saturday with us and then Mandy's cousin brought her boys(Zac and Logan) out late Sunday night to join us at the park on Monday.

Thing went really well, our hotel (The Anaheim Marriot Suites) was a great hotel, not too close, but a quick trolley ride away from the park. Sunday (Adisyn's 8th birthday) went great, most of the family joined us for breakfast at the buffet inside the Grand Californian and the food was really good. The day at the park went as well as could be expected for a weekend at Disneyland, thankfully it's off season and we managed to get on nearly every ride (except Nemo... 2 hour waits).

Monday, my folks left to go visit an old friend, and Jana and the bo ys met up with us. We didnt hit nearly as many rides as I would have liked, but we did get on Nemo(it's ok, kind of mellow).

Tuesday... Most everyone else left this morning, except us and Jana and her boys. The day was supposed to start early at California Adventures, so we could get that out of the way and focus most of the day at Disneyland riding everything twice!

As usual, we were running late. We skipped breakfast and decided to scale down the plans at CA, and opted to just hit the Tower of Terror and some wilderness themed playground that Logan had his heart set on going on. We made it to the Tower and found absolutely no line, we were into the "elevator" and dropping 10 stories in minutes. It went so quickly in fact we decided to go again... With some grumbling from Logan we headed in and rode it a second time.. as we exited the ride we were met by two of the nicest Disney folks grinning ear to ear, with a video camera in hand... They took us aside and starting chatting us up, assuring us that we were not in trouble and that they were not trying to sell us a time share... It seems that young Logan had managed to sit in exactly the right seat, in exactly the right row on exactly the right car at exactly the right time and won our group the grand prize in the daily "Year of a million dreams" contest! Had we listened to him mind you, and gone off to the playground... it would not have happend...

So yes, the last remaining six of us at Disneyland had won:

  • 1 night in the "Mikey Mouse" Penthouse at the Disneyland hotel
  • Dinner for 6 at the Blue Bayou restaurant inside Pirates of the Caribbean
  • We got to be Grand Marshall's of the daily parade down Main Street
  • No wait Fast Passes for every major attraction at Disneyland and CA
  • A private meet and greet with Mickey Mouse
  • Gift Baskets

It has been an insane day. This penthouse is UNREAL! It's over 1600 sq feet, 2 and half bath. 3 65 inch LCD TVs, amazing views, a formal dining room, real Walt Disney stuff in glass cases, special staff waiting on us, a private elevator, a special lounge with free food and even a TV inside the mirror in the master bathroom!

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