If it is just so easy and just high school then why is it they don't do it themselves. Most things are so easy and at a high school level, if you know how to do them. I think most things a lawyer does is easy and almost high schoolish, but they charge an arm and a leg. Why because they know something we do not know. We are supposed to get paid what it is worth. For me it is not worth $25.00 and hour to do consulting. I'd rather sell cars and make $50,000 plus a year and let the guy who needs a simple network just keep on needin it! This stuff is not easy. One must work hard to keep up a skill set. To you what we do is easy. To the rest of the world what we do is very difficult. Keith Message: 10 From: "linux @esaravana" To: Subject: Re: Consulting Fees Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:22:53 -0700 Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us I thought anything software and networking is just high school stuff. It's soooo easy... Sundar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linux" To: Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:42 PM Subject: Re: Consulting Fees > Anyone who wants to pay $25.00 an hour to a consultant deserves just what > they get. > > I would charge no less than $65.00 an hour for the most basic of things. > > If you have the skills to be a true consultant you deserve _OVER_ $100.00 an > hour. > > If anyone could do this stuff they wouldn't need you!. > > I think I'll just go sell cars........................ > > Keith > > Message: 11 > Subject: Re: Consulting Fees > From: Craig White > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Date: 01 Mar 2002 09:21:00 -0700 > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 14:30, Vaiod wrote: > > What is the going rate for general IT consultation work. Duties would > > include the very basics and could include major work such as > > installing/configuring new hardware/software systems. Just a general > > reasonable hourly rate is kind of what I am looking for. > > > ---- > I charge $70 per hour less prompt pay & volume discounts - I am kept > very busy. Seems to be a fair price - sometimes I feel guilty charging > that for simple stuff but I can make that same hourly at other customers > so I always have to bear that in mind. > > Craig > > -- __--__-- > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list  -  PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --__--__--