re: FN-FORUM: new to freelancing - advice please!

date posted 18th January 2008 15:33

A very rough rule of thumb is whatever your annual salary was, in thousands=
, should be your rate in pounds; so 44K per year would mean =A344 per hour.=
This allows for holidays, sick time etc which you will no longer be being =
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=0A=0D=0A-------- Original Message --------=0D=0A> From: Colin Robson To: "=
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M: new to freelancing - advice please!=0D=0A> =0D=0A> Hi everyone, i've bee=
n subscribed to these informative posts for years... just=0D=0A=0D=0A> want=
ing some advice on going from a full-time web developer to a freelancer..=
=0D=0A=0D=0A> =0D=0A=0D=0A> =0D=0A=0D=0A> =0D=0A=0D=0A> I've been doing we=
b development since 2000, and probably have 60/40 experience of=0D=0A=0D=0A=
> c#.net and PHP, although i'm currently working full time for a web develo=
pment=0D=0A=0D=0A> company, i've had a discussion with the owner about goin=
g to work freelance for=0D=0A=0D=0A> them instead (due to personal reasons)=
, the owner has said theres lots of work he=0D=0A=0D=0A> can pass me so i'm=
not short on that front.=0D=0A=0D=0A> =0D=0A=0D=0A> =0D=0A=0D=0A> =0D=0A=
=0D=0A> i think my main concern is working out how much i should be chargin=
g per hour...=0D=0A=0D=0A> can anyone help or give me some advice?=0D=0A=0D=
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