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Let it be known that we are smack-dab in the middle of the second "bubble" in web. There is a ton of demand and there are a ton of jobs. It might not be like that in 2 years, but right now it is.
Raise your rates!
If you are in NYC and are doing flash, you should charge no less than $50/hr(which is $400/day) and should be charging closer to $100/hr or more if you're decent.
This is acceptable and commonplace and agencies will gladly pay these rates.
Don't undersell yourself!
- robotron3k0
I agree with j_red.
RAISE YOUR RATES.
it's 2007, food is going up, gas is already up, airline tix, electricy, et al, it's time to up your lifestyle.
- design_naked0
Although I agree to some degree that we are in the middle of the 2nd bubble I think that if/when this one bursts it's not going to be as big of a bang.
As we get more technologically advanced as a country, world, civilization the need will only continue to grow.
And, we all have to keep in mind that there are still millions and millions (maybe even billions) of people in the world who don't own computers and haven't even seen or used the interwebs. New people are discovering computers and the internets every day.
I think the first bubble was a case of too much too soon. Not enough people onboard using the internet and computers to make all of the sites and craziness viable over an extended period of time.
I think I would look at this bubble as more of a bunch of grapes....where we don't have one big explosion of the bubble bursting but, instead, have little bursts of certain kinds of sites catching fire and then having a million copy cats and then that particular grouping of sites goes down the tubes but the other grapes in the bunch are fine. Is that making sense?...or maybe it makes more sense to say that this time it's a whole ton of balloons sectioned off in pockets and the first time around it was just one single balloon.
I agree though on the whole pricing thing. Get it while it's hot...store up for the lean times.
- johndiggity0
convergence is going to be the next big thing. and i'm not talking about watching video on the web.
this is going to bring about a giant need for aging industries (think hollywood, movie theaters, the music industry, and ironically, even the ad industry) to innovate and reinvent themsleves in order to stay relevant in the market and with consumers. but if they cannot adapt quick enough, there will be huge layoffs, and possibly the extinction of entire industries. however i'm sure there are enough opportunistic companies out there that will fill those holes quickly.