This highlights that all of us should aim to have more than one marketable skill. Move away from being an "average" Rails developer and market forces are less of an issue.
http://thehustle.co/the-most-successful-people-are-a-double-threat-or-more This is based on my experience. *P.S* Like Lean Startup? Let me save you time by curating great content for you. Join my newsletter => Lean Startup <http://bit.ly/1Bxmhdm> Digest <http://bit.ly/1Bxmhdm> On 20 January 2016 at 14:40, Francis Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Louis Goff-Beardsley <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> 2 things: >> >> >> >> > Matt Lafferty >> >> Worked with Matt, can confirm is a nice guy. >> >> >> >> > Rates wise about £300-£325 is fair as it is remote. >> >> >> >> Tbh, it's not about being fair as much is it's about market forces. In my >> experience the demand from developers for remote Contracts outstrips >> supply. Contractors undercut each other and the going rate for remote >> developers ends up being around that figure. Also there are other market >> forces such as these contracts become accessible to mainland Europeans >> where often the cost of living is cheaper than the UK & the local onsite >> jobs pay less. >> >> +1 > > My experience is that rate is ok for up North of Watford, not bad in fact. > I've worked for a lot less than that when I had cashflow problems and was > glad to keep solvent. Customer paid me weekly which really helped. > > My rates have got a lot better since I started doing > mobile-app-and-website for companies to manage their workforce or > resources. Less boring than yet another social media startup with pots of > cash and no idea. > > YMMV > > -- > Thanks and Regards, > > Francis > > 07764 225 942 > > "So when targets seem stupid, arbitrary and unfair it's because they *are*. > The only way to improve is to look at the whole system people are operating > with, the basic tools, their training, how much initiative they are > allowed, are you measuring the right things (more about that later) and > then you can improve. But it's the *system* you improve, not the people you > beat into performing even worse." Unicorns in the mist > <https://leanpub.com/unicorns> > > CV http://www.pharmarketeer.com/francis.html > > Lean Teams Consultancy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
