Lyndel works "Cheap" - or should I say inexpensively. I get $450 an hour for my time no matter what I do (program, consult, design, etc, talk, waste it). However I am known to work "Pro Buono" if the subject interests me. When I was working for a living for a major corporation, you didn't get me personally for less than $2000/hour, but my take was very small, an annual salary.

I did not mind in those days because I loved what I did and had complete freedom within the bounds of corporations. Now with less time left to enjoy life (I will soon be 70), my rates will probably go up!