Reply to: Sharepoint Development contract - London £300-£350 a day

[reformation]

Probably for the best...

Indeed.

[kal]

ClientCo have canned the role now anyway... *sigh*

Probably for the best...

[d000hg]

Ordinary development requires loads of special skills!

[reformation]

ClientCo have canned the role now anyway... *sigh*

[xing]

This "talking up the rates" thing is rather transparent and equally dull. I love how freelancers love to say anyone cheaper must be rubbish, but claim they themselves are "better value" than people charging more.

At £350 a day you can barely find someone good to do ordinary development work not requiring any special skill.

[d000hg]

I don't see how the end result would be any different from the type of SharePoint developer who would be willing to work for £350 day contract in London

This "talking up the rates" thing is rather transparent and equally dull. I love how freelancers love to say anyone cheaper must be rubbish, but claim they themselves are "better value" than people charging more.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I don't see how the end result would be any different from the type of SharePoint developer who would be willing to work for £350 day contract in London

He might just be able to find somebody ultra local who would be willing to work for that amount for the convenience. Not easy but possible. Have you tried the job boards? LinkedIn?

[reformation]

I don't see how the end result would be any different from the type of SharePoint developer who would be willing to work for £350 day contract in London

Touche...

[sartois]

Im a pimp not a techy, you let me loose with SharePoint and you'll end up with a septic tank full of vomit.

I don't see how the end result would be any different from the type of SharePoint developer who would be willing to work for £350 day contract in London

[reformation]

That's more a reflection of tulipePoint than your skills though. Every tulipePoint installation I've ever seen turns out that way.

[dty]

Im a pimp not a techy, you let me loose with SharePoint and you'll end up with a septic tank full of vomit.

That's more a reflection of tulipePoint than your skills though. Every tulipePoint installation I've ever seen turns out that way.

[reformation]

If you don't want to end up cleaning a mess, just learn it and do it yourself.

Im a pimp not a techy, you let me loose with SharePoint and you'll end up with a septic tank full of vomit.

[kaiser78]

If you offer somebody WFH 3 days a week then you might just get somebody half decent.....

Or a uni graduate...

[d000hg]

If you don't want to end up cleaning a mess, just learn it and do it yourself.

How do you know that wouldn't end up even worse?!

[xing]

Yeah exactly, i appreciate its not a great rate but the client isnt a big corporate firm so their budget is a bit tight. I'd obviously like it if the rate was higher but i work with what im given!

If anyone fancies a few months work over the summer in London while its baking hot and you're in the IT room... hmm im not selling this very well...

Lets just go with what d000hg said

If you don't want to end up cleaning a mess, just learn it and do it yourself.