I am looking to get a pulse on the going consulting rate for software engineers in the bay area. Please post your rate and include languages of competency, years experience, etc.
I currently charge 95/hr. Been doing a mix of Python/PHP/JavaScript and know my way around their associated frameworks and CMSes (Cake/Django/Flask/Drupal/CodeIgniter). I've done only freelance for 5 years and have worked in Austin and Portland. Rates are probably higher in SF.
Friend (moved to palo alto,part of silicon valley, in Feb of 2011) makes $140 hr for five yrs experience in Ruby/PHP and 2 yr in Python/Ruby on Rails<p>He claims most engineers make $120-$150 with a couple years experience.