"Are magic code goblins going to come and invoke Ken Thompson's untrustable computing and make your computer install windows and join a botnet or something?"
one point I thought was kind of funny is that the NSA budget for one project for one year is almost the same as the complete market capitalization of NCC who are (AFAIK) one of the larger technical security consultancy companies around....
@RоryMcCune Aren't you an independent? I'm thinking about starting on my own, but don't know how much I'd have to ask exactly. What range should I be thinking about?
and it really depends a TON on a lot of factors - such as your experience, your specific expertise, your location, your connections, how well known / how well you sell yourself, etc etc.
And one of the people(out of two) who is currently paying me is offering me to work as an independent and have a contract for a certain period where he pays me ~€2k/month.
@AviD I'll stay at webdev. Not going security (yet anyway, I lack all knowledge about that)
going from salaried employee to freelance in the exact same job, at the exact same compensation levels, should typically raise the direct pay between 30-60%. Depending on tax code and such.
you would need to step up though, but also be flexible - at first you may want to agree to a daily (or even hourly) rate. eventually you should be charging per-project. but there is much risk there, unless youre awesome in which case there is much risk but also much to gain.
@Arperum I used to be and my better half still is, but I'm with NCC these days....
@Arperum so freelance stuff will depend on your jurisdiction, but your rate does need to be a good bit higher than salary to account for business expenses (accountant etc) risk of loss of income if you're sick, holiday that you no longer get paid for and general lack of certainty of pay..
@RоryMcCune Yea, I'm being offered some kind of a contract where I am certain of a pay of €2k/month (excluding VAT) for at least a year, I can take holidays as I want, as long as deadlines are reached.
@Arperum so the question becomes how much work are they after for that.. you want that nailed down up front or you risk them just loading you down and then complaining when deadlines shift
@Arperum yeah I've thought that about people in business before, and not bothered getting stuff nailed down.. sometimes you might get away with it, but it's a real risk. people fall out, then it comes back to what's the law, and what's in the contract
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@raz the only thing is I'd probably get a lot of unwanted attention from people who think your hat choices are reflective of politics and personal beliefs
Interesting discovery: Xena's chakram are actually a bit out of place. While her story is set in the midst of Greco-Roman mythology, the chakram is actually an Indian invention.