[geeks] Any jobs?

[Aaron Finley]

On 4/23/09, Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
> Even in good times, if I want to earn the same as a $70K/year W2
> employee, I probably need to charge at least $100K/year to cover the
> difference in my own costs.  This difference has increased, and client
> are not paying as much of it as they did.
>
> The end result is I make less money now, quite a bit less if you
> account for the massive expansion in fiat currency and direct taxation.
>
> I'm also trying to work out ways around all this, even if it means
> ultimately getting of this rat race and jumping into another.

With respect, it should be obvious to you that you need to identify a
new skillset or offset of your existing skillset with a higher rate.
It is expected that rates and perks go down over time for same skill.