NYCPHP Meetup

[Kristina Anderson]

Seriously, this is not even an isolated case...a few weeks back when I 
told someone how much I would charge, they started screaming into the 
phone "I only pay $10 an hour.  I got some guys doing this php for 
$10/hr.  $10/hr.!!" and then hung up on me.  


With regard to 1099 income, I would like to point out that if you are 
properly calculating all of your legal, allowable business expenses, 
your tax percentage will probably be somewhat under 33%.  Especially 
now with the cost of everything going through the roof, much of which 
is passthrough as 100% deductible.

-- Kristina

> 
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Not only do you have to take benefits into consideration but you 
also  
> have to take taxes into consideration so yes while you might 
actually  
> bring in 120k per year you are not making that much.  If you are  
> working under a 1099 you can bet on 33% (approx) going to taxes then  
> you have to pay for health, medical, dental, office supplies etc. I  
> would be surprised if you came out with $70,000 as income.  Keep in  
> mind that you also have to pay utility bills such as cable,  
> electricity, phone, these are all office related expenses.
> 
> 33% of 124k is approx 41k going to taxes so I could see where Chris  
> would get this figure.  I am sure he is accounting for more than 
just  
> the benefits etc.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joseph Crawford
> 
> On Jul 30, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Michael Marc-Aurele wrote:
> 
> > Joseph,
> >
> > You are also in Mass. NYC is different.
> >
> > Considering Chris’s blog equates 60/hr to 50K with benefits
I  
> > wouldn’t exactly call that the gold standard when it comes to  
> > figuring out consulting rates.
> >
> > As someone noted in the comments section below where Chris called 
60/ 
> > hr fifty K with benefits. 60 per hour is approx 120K if you work 
the  
> > full year at that rate. So unless benefits cost 70K he is way off.
> >
> > From: jobs-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:jobs-
bounces at lists.nyphp.org 
> > ] On Behalf Of Joseph Crawford
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:57 AM
> > To: Anjali Arora
> > Cc: org at lists.nyphp.org; jobs at lists.nyphp.org
> > Subject: Re: [nycphp-jobs] soccer website - need help ASAP!
> >
> > I have 10 years of experience with php and I charge $60 per hour.  
I  
> > have seen people charge upwards of $90 per hour with the same  
> > experience.  I would say someone with 3 years of solid experience  
> > (if they really know what they are doing) should expect $30 - $40  
> > per hour when doing contracting.
> >
> > On Jul 30, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Anjali Arora wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Related to this, I'd be interested in knowing what a PHP-MySQL 
coder  
> > (with maybe 3 years of good experience) would cost hourly in 
NY/NJ.  
> > This is for a freelance project relating to a social networking  
> > site. I expect there to be a couple of input forms, the routine  
> > social networking features such as commenting, rating, & the  
> > database design. The last is very crucial to me as I'd like the  
> > possibility of data to be mashed in assorted ways down the road.
> >
> > What should I reasonably expect to pay, & is hourly the best way 
to  
> > go?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -Anjali
> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Webmiester <webmiester at gmail.com>  
> > wrote:
> > Susan,
> >
> > $10.00 an hour???
> >
> > Not for $10.00.
> >
> > Minimum wage just increased...
> >
> > You should get a volunteer.
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: susanna thornton STUDIO
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:58 PM
> > To: jobs at lists.nyphp.org ; org at lists.nyphp.org
> > Subject: [nycphp-jobs] soccer website - need help ASAP!
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> >
> > I am a fine art photographer based here in New York- I also run a  
> > pickup soccer group on the side. I am looking for someone with  
> > experience in the following areas to take over the maintenence and  
> > development of the soccer website (which utilizes databases and 
has  
> > e-commerce facets for the online registrations) and also to help 
me  
> > maintain my php mailing list for my photography site.
> >
> >
> > I need someone ASAP for the soccer website! We are switching over 
to  
> > our fall season registrations soon and I need to talk to someone 
as  
> > soon as possible about this as I'm leaving the country next week!  
> > Please send all inquiries to me here: info at susannathornton.com
> >
> >
> > The soccer website url is:
> >
> > http://www.pickupsoccernyc.org
> >
> >
> > This is where I currently need the most help.
> >
> > The new registration has to go online by August 15th-
> >
> > I am looking for someone with solid expertise in the following 
areas:
> >
> >
> > The skills you need are:
> >
> >
> > PHP
> >
> > MySQL
> >
> > SSL certificates
> >
> > credit card processing
> >
> > HTML
> >
> > CSS
> >
> >
> > The last person I worked with was a student with pretty solid  
> > knowledge who I paid $10/hour but he is no longer available to 
work  
> > on this. Thanks.
> >
> >
> > SUSANNA THORNTON
> >
> > SUSANNA THORNTON STUDIO
> >
> > New York, NY
> >
> >
> >
> >
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