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Subject:consulting $$ question From:kip martin <onefourfive -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 14 May 1999 14:52:07 EDT
hey all
uh oh...i'm leaving my safeperm job with a stupid, lumbering dinosaur to
consult (self employed!) with a small well-funded startup.
im senior (10+ years) w/ mostly project lead exp. in stuff like
- documenting APIs and complex software for a developer audience
- authoring w/ RoboHelp
- building/managing internal websites (w/ frontpage and raw HTML)
in addition to tech writing, ill be setting up their intranet via frontapage
and creating a doc management scheme for the entire knowledge corpus. the
project will last through summer with an option to sign on and get stock
options, etc. if i want.
questions:
im billing $42 per hour.
- how much are my skills/exp. worth to employers in the DC area?
- did i under- or overbid?
i appreciate any feedback!
k. martin
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