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I'm wondering if anyone here who works as an independent freelancer can give me some insight into how they usually structure projects. I currently work with a few full-time people--we are all self-taught and do Drupal as only part of our jobs. We're applying for a grant that would involve building a new site, and we could hire an outside person to work on it as a consultant/contractor.

Hey Y'all. I tried getting out of computers after the dot com bust. But Drupal pulled me back in because it's so F*%$ing useful, and so many people need it's functionality. So I'm starting up a one geek consulting business doing XHTML/CSS based Drupal setups. I'm just starting out, and plan to work primarily with smaller businesses and non-profits. I'm trying to figure out how to base my rates. Here's my considerations:

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