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d000hg replied

23 August 2008, 20:23
I don't understand the question. I charge by the hour, so I charge for the hours I work. Considering I work remotely, anything else could be a slippery slope.
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cailin maith replied

23 August 2008, 19:31
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

Can anyone earn that much?

Well some men have been known to try.......
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BrilloPad replied

23 August 2008, 19:02
Originally posted by cailin maith View Post

Enough to keep me in shoes and handbags......

Can anyone earn that much?
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HairyArsedBloke replied

22 August 2008, 17:16
Originally posted by Diver View Post

Yeh Right!

and where's the "Burnt out, over the hill & just marking time until death comes" option?

That'll be my choice
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Diver replied

22 August 2008, 16:13
Originally posted by Xenophon View Post

WSS

Just kidding!

Yeh Right!

and where's the "Burnt out, over the hill & just marking time until death comes" option?
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Tensai replied

22 August 2008, 14:44
Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post

Yes.

Good. It's immensely satisfying billing Clientco for catching up on films, drinking lots of free booze, and oggling the trolley dollies on a Saturday.
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HairyArsedBloke replied

22 August 2008, 14:38
Originally posted by Tensai View Post

Nuts, I'm clearly working too hard.

Wait... does sitting in club class on long-haul flights count?

Yes.
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Tensai replied

22 August 2008, 14:36
Nuts, I'm clearly working too hard.

Wait... does sitting in club class on long-haul flights count?
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Money Money Money replied

22 August 2008, 14:22
I'm not voting - too much like hard work!
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voodooflux replied

22 August 2008, 10:48
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

So I actually work at 200%

So do you invoice at double the agreed rate?
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The Lone Gunman replied

22 August 2008, 10:47
Originally posted by cailin maith View Post

Enough to keep me in shoes and handbags......

If thats all you are wearing then pop round to mine quick.
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Xenophon replied

22 August 2008, 10:46
Originally posted by cailin maith View Post

Enough to keep me in shoes and handbags......

WSS

Just kidding!
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cailin maith replied

22 August 2008, 10:45
Enough to keep me in shoes and handbags......
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darmstadt replied

22 August 2008, 10:45
Don't really know and the current project confuses the hell out of me. They're running Agile with iterations and scrums, etc. and when putting down the time it takes to do a task, one hour work actually equals 2 hours. So if I say its going to take me 12 hours to build and configure a zLinux system with DB2, LDAP, WAS, IHS, TADDM, CCMDB and BCPM then that goes down as 24 hours and they freak out that it won't fit in the iteration. So I actually work at 200%
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NotAllThere replied

22 August 2008, 10:44
20/80. So long as they insist on paying me buy (sic) the hour, that will continue.
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