[plug] Self employment -was: [OT] Tape backup

[Chris Caston]

On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 22:04, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 March 2004 21:52, Chris Caston wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 21:41, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> > ;snip
> 
> > > Try Trinix.
> 
> > > NOT cheap devices. Over $1200 for an internal Seagate version.
> > > And you'll need at least an LVD SCSI host adapter, IIRC. So
> > > you're not likely to see much change out of $2000 to "tool up"
> > > if there's not suitable SCSI available.
> >
> > Gosh. This guy pulled my ad out of the community and expects a
> > guy (me) that charges $33/ph for have this kind of stuff.
> 
> Ahem... that's because he doesn't want to pay the $250/hour HP
> charge for out-of-maintenance stuff.
> 
> I don't know how you survive on $33/hour.
> 
> My *lowest* rate is almost double that; plus GST.

Mine (now) also includes GST so that I can get back my input tax credits
on stuff I buy wholesale.

I usually get 15 hours on site a week so it works out well. 15 *$33 =
$495

Hardware sales are a bonus and I charge $15 call-out and $37.40ph inc
GST when I do Schools. I had 6 hours today at one and I'm going back
there tomorrow morning which makes this a VERY good week.

Certainly blows the pants off Centrelink and knowing that I can find my
own work means I don't have to wait for a manager/boss to tell me what
to do or worry about getting the sack when he runs out of work for me. 

I do all my own bookkeeping, customer contact, marketing and promotion
so I develop more dimensions than just tech. 


regards,

Chris

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