[ale] Contracting Rates and the Programmer's Cut

[cfowler]

You actually bill the Contractor.  So ask for what you believe your time
is worth.  Then they can worry about margin to cover their costs.

Chris


On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 09:15, Greg wrote:
> 	I have recently been talking to some contractor's about a job that they
> want to recommend me for with one of their client's and was wandering what
> percentage of the rate does the programmer usually get.  I mean, if the
> contractor is charging the client $100 / hr ; what is customarily paid to
> the programmer ?  33% ??  40% ??
> 
> 	I know that the pimps have to pay for their expensive business addresses,
> lunches, salaries, etc from what they charge to the clients, but what cut
> usually goes to the programmers that actually do the work ?
> 
> 	Any feedback would be helpful.
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 
> 	Greg
> 
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