"$100 is too much right now but when the economy is good, you can charge $100. Right now, the max you can charge is $50 an hour."

Hey, I'd LOVE to make $5 /hour, or heck, even half that. I'm working as a DBA now for $11/hr and I'm doing hideous work. I don't do maint, admin, or even design.... I have to fix a database that was designed by a fuc... er.... "nontechnical" person who thought Access was too complicated. Lots of re-entry, lots of trying to work through bizarre table design, that kind of thing....

I shouldn't complain though... I am just a college student with little experience, working 3 days a week, and my company is going to hire me on full time with better money when I graduate in the winter.

But still.... to see $50/hr as the "bad times" amount you can charge...... makes a guy jealous! 🙂

I'm a DBA newbie- learrning on the fly. Thanks for any help.