setting up the server is something you should get a different dev to
do than the flash front-end. you may be able to find someone to do
both, but that’s a fairly uncommon pairing of skills, and someone
with both is likely to be a bit deficient in one or the other.
$65-80 is *definitely* on the low-end. however, this is for a museum
(right?), so you can probably still attract devs at a lower rate.
high-end flash dev rates (like for advertising work) run up to $120-
$150; startup and smaller companies can probably get away with $90-
$120. non-profits, educational, museum, perhaps down to $75-80, but
that’s pretty damn low.
note that these rates are for *professionals*, experienced
contractors who make their living on this kind of work. students and
junior programmers, you can of course knock big chunks off those
amounts.
-e
On Oct 24, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Daniel Bartolini wrote:
> Hello List-
>
> I’m trying to figure out what the going hourly/contract rate for a
> job would be. It’s kind of a two part thing:
>
> 1. Take data (in XML form) from a logger (hooked up to a solar
> panel on the roof of a building in this case), run it over a
> private LAN to a dedicated box that would have to be set up as a
> web server (setup is part of the job).
>
> 2. Create a Flash app that will visualize the logger-data in a TBD
> way (but definitely kid friendly) and publish a publicly accessible
> page (served from the private box) that is also linked from the
> company web site.
>
> Some graphic design has been settled, but asset creation will be
> part of the process, as will a lot of on-site debugging.
>
> I know the Flash people have mentioned starting at $65-$80/hr for
> this kind of thing (and going up from there depending on the
> project), but I have no idea what the rate for setting up the
> server box would be in conjunction with the Flash app.
>
> Thank you very much for any thoughts.
>
> Daniel
>
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