I agree. I’m betting $90-$120. And yes, it is very rare to someone
who can do both the flash and the integration. (excepting this list,
of course)
sasha.
On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Daniel Bartolini wrote:
> Hey, Eric.
>
> Excellent to know what the market range for Flash is right now. I
> had seen lower, but would rather start proposals with that higher
> cost in mind.
>
> We’ll have to figure out what we want to do about the server box.
> That may become and internal IT project.
>
> Thank you, as always, for the input.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:12 PM, eric socolofsky wrote:
>
>> 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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