Re: Pricing Advice Needed

On 28 Jun 2001 02:08:20 -0700 impersonator of elias_bachaalany@yahoo.com ("elias") planted &I saw in php.general: >It all depends on your experience and knowledge. >You know that if you're too experienced you can save lots of research and >learning time. >therefore you have to estimate how much does your hour cost and how much are >you able to do. >you can start by $20/hour....... > You stared your post almost as i think, but then degraded to Unionistic's/Communistic (to my mind:) views. I think - only the end product costs something (not a labor by itself) - therefore cost would better be estimated for the whole needed to be done project (based on market price). And you decide - whether you fit required deadlines, and whither your performance is enough to support yourself on every concrete project. At least this seem to be right for freelances.. I know, trade unions will flame me for that:) But then again what are they have being doing all the time (and not always _genital_:) >""Alva Chew"" <alvachew@mailandnews.com> wrote in message >news:9hejcu$3n6$1@w153.z064000151.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net... >> Hi everyone, >> >> Just don't really know where to post this, so here goes: >> >> I am working as a freelance programmer. Problem is I don't really have a >> clue how the pricing mechanism in the industry works. I have heard >> calculations based on man hours and lines of code, so perhaps anyone one >can >> tell me on the average, how much should I be charging per man hour, or per >> line of code? >> >> Sincere thanks and regards, >> Alva Chew, Singapore >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >> > > Leonid (not a member:)