During the 1980s and into the mid-1990s there were IT consultants who would take corporate housing, or some other dwelling type in the Naperville area and schlep into Chicago on the train. Many ended up buying homes and permanently relocating. It wasn’t just Naperville, but any Chicago suburb which had express train service. Billing rates “in the city” were about $10/hr higher. People ignored the fact they were wasting 45 minutes of their life each … Why IT Consultants Won’t Work in ChicagoRead more
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The Standard Rate Trap
Quite some time ago I wrote a three part series on how to calculate your billing rate. Not enough of you appear to have learned from it given various conversations I’ve had. It appears the majority of people who actually read it were bottom feeding pimps because now they’ve reverted to asking consultants for their “standard rate.” Most of you knee jerk an answer for what would be a good rate with you able to … The Standard Rate TrapRead more