My Rants and Thoughts

I haven't posted here in a LOOOONNG time but I had a random thought I had to share somewhere I was once interviewed by a client who wanted me to work for him full time - give up my self-employment as a consultant to work exclusively for him. At the time I thought this was great - I'd be rolling in the cash - this was a big company (I thought) so they could afford to pay me lots! He asked what my hourly rate was.  At the time it was $50/hour - about average for my industry. He then went on to say that if I make $50/hour - 8 hour day - 5 days a week - I must be making a couple thousand dollars per week.  Was that the case? No it wasn't - I was spending a good part of the time doing non-paid promotions as I was still trying to build my business. So then he asked me to figure out what my "actual" hourly rate was.  Turns out it was closer to $20/hour once I factored in all the non-paid stuff I was doing to fill out my week. He then offered me $20 per hour...