How much does a freelance proggramer get paid creating and modifying programs using VB2008?
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Anonymous2009-05-27 22:09
In US Dollars, of course.
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Anonymous2009-05-27 22:11
Isn't the idea that you're meant to negotiate the price with your clients? Anyway, Rent-a-coder pays something like $14.50/hr on average, so I would take that as a base figure.
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Anonymous2009-05-27 22:21
>VB
$3.50/hr
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Anonymous2009-05-27 22:28
>>3
OP here, thanks. I'm actually an employer and just wondering how much to pay these university kids.
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Anonymous2009-05-27 22:29
I was on contract doing .NET for $55 AUD an hour (~$44 USD). Mind you that was not straight up .NET, it was developing a GIS with ArcObjects. I don't know if that affects the price.
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Anonymous2009-05-27 23:43
It'd depends on the difficulty of the project.
But some college kids? Using VB?
$10/hr sounds reasonable.
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Anonymous2009-05-28 0:42
>>6
A geographic information system (GIS), or geographical information system, captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that is linked to location.
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Anonymous2009-05-28 0:44
GIS
Pronounced jizz.
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Anonymous2009-05-28 0:52
>>6
I'm just curious to know, how hard would you say that work was? Because what I find is people tend to name drop a few acronyms here and there, to make things sound more complicated then it is. I used to work for a company whose name I won't disclose with the official title of "Advanced Data Analyst." My job involved literally copying and pasting data from word into excel.
I'm guessing "developing a GIS with ArcObjects" is actually "slightly modifying an example of ArcObjects and adding it into a fancy form"
>>10 My job involved literally copying and pasting data from word into excel.
Back to /g/ please.
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Anonymous2009-05-28 8:09
IMO it depends on how useful the program is going to be. As for all projects you should sit down and plan it out.
Do some rough calculations and decide if it's going to save you money, or improve work flow for other employees to the point where it's affordable for you to pay said programmer x amount. x being what you think is reasonable (obviously not too low where they can walk away and say screw you) but also doesn't cut into how much you'll save by hiring them.
Very simple math can go a long ways.
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Anonymous2009-05-28 9:33
If it's an internship then $10 an hour would be good.
But it really depends on the difficulty of the project.
If they're just making some simple one-two click forms using VB, then $10/hr is enough.
If they're doing some ENTERPRISE QUALITY VB, $15/hr would suffice.
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Anonymous2009-05-28 11:27
No self-respecting programmer with any skill would ever write VB, so even if you paid a decent wage, the only coders you'll get will be shit ones. If you want coders with actual skill, you'll have to find the price of a programmer's self-respect.
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Anonymous2009-05-28 13:38
>>15
Somewhere around the minimum wage in India, you mean?
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Anonymous2009-05-28 14:59
coders with actual skill India
IHBT
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Anonymous2009-05-28 16:20
>>15
given the price of that trick last week, i guess my self-respect is about $40
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Anonymous2009-05-28 16:57
>>15
VB is good at getting shit done quick.
Why is VB always bashed?
Oh... IHBT, along with >>16-
>>20
Got I hate it when suits try to "help" you do your job or tell you how they think something should be implemented because they just finished reading UML 2 for dummies.