I'm an IT Administrator at the corporate office of a fairly big company. Occasionally I do some side work, but not much as my family/free time/hobbies are more important than a few extra bucks.
A company is moving their corporate headquarters to my town and they just built a new office building close to my house. I was told about this before they moved and shot them a resume just to test the waters. They met and had dinner with me one night and asked me to do some consulting. They want some servers and a network & backup infrastructure set up, secure wireless, etc, nothing difficult to start. They have ordered their hardware and today asked me to start on some work and they asked for an hourly rate.
I really have no idea what to charge. A typical network consultant in my market area (close to Nashville, Tennessee) might make anywhere from $50/hr for pc tech work up to $250 an hour for someone with multiple Cisco certs. This new office is very close to my house, the work will be easy, and they are willing to let me work whenever I want including after hours. It seems like a good thing to put some extra $$$ in the money market and make new contacts. I was thinking of asking for $75/hr. Is this reasonable?
Thanks
A company is moving their corporate headquarters to my town and they just built a new office building close to my house. I was told about this before they moved and shot them a resume just to test the waters. They met and had dinner with me one night and asked me to do some consulting. They want some servers and a network & backup infrastructure set up, secure wireless, etc, nothing difficult to start. They have ordered their hardware and today asked me to start on some work and they asked for an hourly rate.
I really have no idea what to charge. A typical network consultant in my market area (close to Nashville, Tennessee) might make anywhere from $50/hr for pc tech work up to $250 an hour for someone with multiple Cisco certs. This new office is very close to my house, the work will be easy, and they are willing to let me work whenever I want including after hours. It seems like a good thing to put some extra $$$ in the money market and make new contacts. I was thinking of asking for $75/hr. Is this reasonable?
Thanks