I know that when I get going independent on a more regular basis, I have to make sure I setup a rate card like this:
* $150/hr Standard Rate
* $200/hr if you want it NOW
* $250/hr if you want to watch over my shoulder while I work
* $300/hr if you want to help
* $400/hr if you worked on it first
Along the same lines, Richard’s thinking about charging double for table-based designs. I don’t blame him. I just couldn’t get away with that as my CSS skills are pretty crappy right now.
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I like it!
Especially the part about doubling for tables. As much as possible, I use pure CSS layout. If you can’t do it in CSS with reasonable cross-browser compatability, then you don’t get it on your site.
Of course, it’s hard to actually stick to that when sales are slow. 🙂
I do not totally agree that tables should be out as a design structure. mezzoblue.com has recently had a great article about the merits of still using a light amount of tables to describe structure. I agree with that, but I cannot find that post. Sure CSS is nice, but in a lot of cases it becomes a hindrance and gets in the way of getting work done, especially on the cross browser-platform front.
http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/05/15/tables_oh_th/
http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/05/13/gasp_tables/