I was all set to go tankless. I figured it was economical and green thing to do. But then after some research which involved looking at real world results it didn't look as great as I expected. Energy saving only amounted to about $70 - $120 a year. A decent unit cost over $1000 and the installation cost is any where from $1500 to $3000. So at a minimum I was looking at $2500 to put one in and that meant it would take over 20 years to recoup the cost. Apparently they are a lot cheaper to install in new construction and that seems like the perfect time to get one. The gas water heater I got only cost me $400 and I was able to install it myself. I decided to go with GE because they are made by Rheem which is a respectable brand. I'm not too worried about the sweat soldering. I did it many years ago and the part I'm working on is the drainage from emergency pressure release valve which will most likely never be used.
I have one of the newer GEs and I haven't had any issues with the heater itself. Although I did have a pipe running to the heater under the concrete slab start leaking, causing the water heater to make strange sounds. The plumber had to use sonic detection equipment to locate the leak, then jack hammer out the concrete to reach the broken section. It was actually just a small hole, but there was a high pressure jet of water shooting out of it. Our water bill was pretty crazy the month it was broken. I'm pretty sure the plumber could have taken us to the cleaners, but he charged us $300 for the whole thing. He even poured new concrete to cover up the spot.
So how much should a person charge for 1 hour of IT labor and consulting? I had a company ask me what I would charge for a week of consulting and I had no idea what to tell them. A friend of mine used to charge $100 an hour for simple web and PC support. At the time I thought that was a lot of money but I suppose it's nothing for a big company. The job would include air travel, lodging, 60 hours per week and perhaps another 10 - 15 hours of off site work. Maybe I should just include everything in a flat weekly charge. I have no business experience whatsoever.
ave you seen the company office? I try to get a feel for how wasteful they are with money. High end furniture, free food, employees driving german cars, etc. Figure out if the guy asking you to do the work can approve your pay or it has to be approved by someone you will never meet. Fyi a bank or law firm will approve virtually any rate you quote. I would shoot for $65-85.
$85 sounds about right for the labor but Airfare, rental car, and hotel would run me about $2000, so with a 70 hour week I'd have to say $6000 + travel expenses, or a flat $8500.
Wait I thought that was being comp'd. I would double it if you have to pay. Consulting checks dont always come in a timely manner, but youll be out a couple grand up front. Throw out $145/hr.
They are a start-up that is trying to ramp up very fast. A friend of mine quit her job and went to work for them because they were throwing massive amounts of money at her. All her job entails is hiring other people to do more work. Pffft. To me it seems like they are throwing a lot of money around. They already have contracts that they are trying to complete or start so I expect they are being a little reckless with the money.
If they're not going to pay your travel expenses and they're carefree with money I would take them to the cleaners. I might even ask for more than $8500. Hotel, rental car, and airfare aren't cheap, and who knows when they'll actually pay you.
I just had one of my youtube subscribers ask me "What is Gran Turismo 5?". Seriously, I don't have enough hands to facepalm with right now. He knows what Halo, Resident Evil, and Minecraft are so I assume he's a gamer who's never head of Gran Turismo. Weird.
It's not really that weird. He's probably a casual gamer who got into gaming more recently. Frankly, Gran Turismo hasn't been a big household name in gaming since the PS2 days. GT5 kind of fizzled out and was quickly forgotten if I remember correctly.
Yeah, if he's mainly into Xbox then he'll know what Halo, Resident Evil, and Minecraft are but not GT5. To be honest, if you owned a PS3 from launch, it would have been about 6 years before you'd even heard of GT5.
Yeah. I think the series peaked at GT3. Good riddance, I fucking hated that sanctimonious piece of shit game.
I actually love the game. but the load times and crappy user interface in the game spoils it. If Polyphony digital took care of the car sim aspect and someone else did the UI, it'd be perfect.
I'm not going to buy GT6. I'm so bored of track racers these days. I always found the car collecting and tuning to be fun but the races were really becoming a chore. I found a video of some guy who hacked his game so he made some mental cars. He's got a civic with over 3000hp, an Nissan gtr with 7000hp and a red bull with 100,00hp! It's absolutely hilarious watching that thing overtake people at 900mph
I never planned on getting GT5 but I succumbed in the end. Probably will get GT6 if it comes out this lifetime.
Fuck that game. It was never fun, always an anxiety filled battle in which the game beat the shit out of you when all you wanted to do was race a car around a track.