Frankly, for a first gig, take what you can get as long as it is not a long contract. There are always those contracts floating around that they can't find any takers for because the rate is so low. There have been a few here in Brisbane for $35.00 that are advertised for months, disappear for a few weeks and then re-appear (presumably the person who took them went on to take a better offer.) Usually they are government or military, which is pretty useful on your CV. After that, don't get out of bed for less that $45.00. Christine At 10:39 31/01/2006, you wrote: >Thank you both Rhonda and Michelle. The Minister of War and Finance (my >lovely wife) thought I was a bit cheap. I'll take the info on board and see >what the client's prepared to offer. > >Cheers >Shane ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ********************************************************************** This email and its contents is confidential to the Gold Coast City Council, and un-authorised use is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************