I'm in the Midwest and I've found a Principal Software Engineer that is interested in hiring me as an hourly contractor.<p>I've worked for this team before as a Lead Software Developer (I was an hourly contractor then as well) and I did indeed lead a team of other developers. They were thrilled with me, the pay was good so I worked my butt off for them.<p>This was circa 2017. So the question is, how much would I charge today with more experience and the better job title?<p>I don't really feel comfortable disclosing hourly rate, so if you could just use example numbers or as a percentage I'd appreciate it.<p>The only thing that I know for certain is I'm not charging less!
Inflation index from 2017 is 1.25. And this a promotion.<p>I'd say take your 2017 hourly rate and double it. If they act all hurt on that number, then they should hire you FT with benefits.