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Originally Posted by KC911
As an ancient datapoint....contractors tend to make significantly more than FT...depending upon needs and expertise....even if some positions last years. $200/hr was the highest I knew about, $100/hr would have been more typical....TOTALLY negotiable. My corporations had hardened in stone salary ranges....might be 25k difference between top to bottom...your hiring manager knows exactly what they are. I was a systems programmer/networking guy never got a raise unless they raised the top end of the bracket the last part of my career...but that did NOT suck either....I retired @ 48 and never looked back....benefits matter 
Look him straight in the eye and say $150k is what it will take....or whatever # you like...best of luck!
I was a techies' techie...top of my field....had the management carrot dangled when I was 25....didn't want to do that....
Had titles like Lead, Principal, and Assistant VP along the way....they don't matter....these were huge corporations....I retired instead of going to work for HP |
Well I need to talk to you...,
Our company got bought out and is now owned by a private equity firm. They have been squeezing us dry, low raises, more work, and bosses who get off on showing off how they are keeping costs down. I am the most knowledgeable and senior person in our group and tired of the crap. I have enough money that I could retire tomorrow if I wanted to, but still would like to work for a few more years, just more on my terms. I like the remaining people in the team, but would really just like to finish out my projects (so I don't shaft my already overworked team) and take the summer off and re-evaluate everything. In the meantime, I am thinking about how I can extract the maximum amount of money to make it worth my while staying there. Decisions, decisions...