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Posted by Steve on 09/19/07 02:53
"Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
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> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
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>> 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.
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>> 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:
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>> I think they expect to hire me for an hourly rate, and expect the project
>> to be finished sometime in January.
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>> *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.*
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>> 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.
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>> Any suggs?
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> How can I get in touch with that recruiter for other jobs?
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> Shelly
> (actively looking for work right now in Central Florida or telecommuting).
what background do you have...we're always hiring. company is in alabama, i
work from home in texas...have been since 2002. if you can showcase some of
your work (most important is how you program and not necessarily what you've
worked on/with), i may hook you up.
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