If you travel for at least six months at a time. You want enough time to get a good feeling about the area, and to find a housing situation which “pays you to stay” enough to want to stay there. Yes, Corporate Housing is more expensive, in many cases, than the bottom price range of extended stay or two star hotels, but it has a comfort level those places cannot provide. (Unless, of course, you … Calculating Your Minimum Billing Rate Pt. 3Read more
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Calculating Your Minimum Billing Rate Pt. 2
Here are the rules of thumb for extended stay hotels: 1 The lower the chain’s price, the higher the odds an off-shore company is stacking L-1 and H-1B workers eight to a room trashing the place. 2 The lower the chain’s price, the smaller a room’s square footage. Most will be like having a bedroom in the kitchen. 3 The lower the chain’s price, the higher the odds of them having traveling construction workers rotating … Calculating Your Minimum Billing Rate Pt. 2Read more
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Calculating Your Minimum Billing Rate Pt. 1
“How do I calculate my minimum hourly billing rate?” I get asked this question a lot, and not just by green/new consultants. Whether you are billing locally or for work on-site around the country, the formula doesn’t change, it simply has additional values. Billrate = (onemonthhousing + onemonthtrans + $700)/40 Even a contract “down the street” is going to put you on the bench for a month if it doesn’t work out in the first … Calculating Your Minimum Billing Rate Pt. 1Read more
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Googled by Geeksquad
There are times when I could save myself a lot of heart ache if I followed my instincts or took my own advice. Recently, I’ve been back in Dublin, OH doing some work for a new client out that way. The start date was kind of rushed so I didn’t get everything packed I wanted to or configured the way it would be needed. I even had to use my own notebook at the client … Googled by GeeksquadRead more
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For Whom the Hard Drive Tolls
I can’t read the following article without thinking they must have been hearing the opening bell from AC/DC’s “ Highway to Hell” throughout this entire demonstration. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Microsoft-shows-off-Windows-apf-68417458.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode= MickeyWare has failed each and every time it has pushed a tablet onto the public. Bloated software and bad design cannot be compensated for by marketing. I’ve been there since the beginning. Early in my DOS days I was writing route auditing systems for Waste Management using the … For Whom the Hard Drive TollsRead more