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Posted by Shelly on 09/19/07 00:43
"Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
news:K1_Hi.4702$Sd4.2417@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
> So now, these PHP recruiters are calling out of the blue and from
> everywhere. My phone ain't rung like this since the Clinton years.
>
> And there's this one job - sounds tasty. It's like a temp service for
> doctors. Right now, they mail in their billing hours in crayola and on
> cocktail napkins... or something like that.
>
> They want a simple little web-based hours-tracking utility - well, simple
> before they start in with the creepy features... and you KNOW there's
> gonna be feature creep, because it was an agency recruiter that called
> me - and they bill by the hour, rather than the project, right?
>
> So I figure I'll setup something named "DocBilling.int" or somesuch and
> use my current working framework to let them login and log their time, and
> for the doc's bean-counters to be able to view a couple of reports.
>
> Here's the situation:
>
> I think they expect to hire me for an hourly rate, and expect the project
> to be finished sometime in January.
>
> *The problem is that I can build the damn thing in a weekend, but I don't
> want to miss out on all that extra cash.*
>
> Let's say I'm getting $10/hr - and man, it's sooo much more than that! -
> but let's say. If I do it the way they expect it to be done, I can milk
> the contract for what - 8x40hr weeks - that's $3k plus. But if I do it in
> a 16 hr weekend - I don't even get $200.
>
> I was thinking that, when I talk to them next, I should suggest a
> project-based, rather than hourly-based, rate - and estimate at the high
> end. But I've never done that before through a recruiter, and I don't
> know how it'll go over. I just know I've *always* had problems with
> hourly recruiter jobs.
>
> Any suggs?
How can I get in touch with that recruiter for other jobs?
Shelly
(actively looking for work right now in Central Florida or telecommuting).
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