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mtbcoder on Dec 5, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Freelancing: How to talk yourself into charging mo...

Not disagreeing with you, but I would add, "Small established companies" can charge these rates. No one is going to pay some unknown person/company $200/hr without an established track record.

mattmanser on Dec 6, 2014 [–]

Yes they will, because that is the rate they're expecting. If you charge a lot less, they'll grin all the way to the bank.

Every other industry, new haulage firm? They charge slightly less than other ones maybe.

Programmers? Charge 20%. I've done it! We're idiots.

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