hey ive read this with interest, i used to be an mcse support guy. pay was cool. A mate of mine does internet security and is earning over £100k a year doing it. not bad eh?
HOWEVER
if a company (say...EA?) can afford to pay contractors that much and make money think how much money they must be earning. You can earn a lot of money as a contractor, but to really rake in the readies i always say you need to own the product.
The bloke who invented ringpulls (for coke cans etc) apparently got a licence fee paid for x number of years for each one they manufactured. needless to say he is a happy, wealthy man. Charging a huge hourly rate is cool (believe me ive done it, it makes your day seem so much nicer ) but even cooler is to wake up, check your email and think "aha, ive earned another $500 while i am asleep". Not that this happens to me yet.
remember.....capitalism is about owning the means of production, distribution and exchange...... now who was it who said that?

http://www.positech.co.uk

I wonder how many people actually make a living doing nothing but consulting for programming... that would be a dope ass life.

I''ve read the above posts and I must admit for me it seems a bit too good to be true. I live in Nigeria (which means there are few places I can get useful contract jobs here). I have been programming for a few years, my main interest has been in games but due to lack of opportunities here, I have done more Database design. I know MSaccess,VB,C,SQL (Not yet to comfortable with the visual C++ though) and a lot of other extinct languages (byproduct of studying programming as a subject). I am in my final year of university. I have had no experience in web programming (or any other kind of web design). However I feel one of my best assets is being able to learn quickly. I am wondering how possible and profitable finding an online job will be.
Sorry if this looks too much like a resume but I am would really appreciate some experienced advice on just how much I may be worth potentially, and direction to any sites or links or general advice that will help me turn that potential into kinetic.
Thanks a lot!

Illusion is meaningless, unless it affects reality.

The worst thing you can do when you double post, is post again and appologize... There is a delete message button you know.

Man if screwing people over is the name of the game then I don''t know if this is what I want to do. I thought it was just mechanics that bent people over.

quote:Original post by Orpheum

The worst thing you can do when you double post, is post again and appologize... There is a delete message button you know.

Thanks, sorry about that.