[LRUG] [JOBS] Rails contractor for MVP - Remote but London based

Sat Feb 1 05:56:21 PST 2025

I often advise that day rate/salary/seniority isn't just based on technical
skill, but a focus on delivering value to the client through good
communication skills, working well with non-technical team members, and an
ability and willingness to work in uncertain and sometimes difficult
environments.

But also good adherence to professional etiquette, such as not sending a
private email to 100s of other people. It's good to know that I still have
room for growth.

On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 at 12:58, Wilson <wilson.dsigns at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've done £425, £500, £550 and £625 for a few months. My best and longest
> gig was £700 for 3 years. Then I went to Thailand to start my own thing.
> When I returned to Europe, during the Great Depression Of Ruby Contracts,
> there were no contracts and I had to go permanent.
>
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2025, 10:56 Toby Privett <toby at snaplab.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> My freelance rate - 500/day - hasn’t changed in years. Might go some way
>> to explaining why I have so much work on.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 at 08:46, Najaf Ali <ali.najaf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Would definitely be interested in hearing peoples experiences and
>>> thoughts on this. I sometimes feel like my entire programming career was a
>>> ZIRP. Quite enjoying my life as a Japanese salaryman these days though.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM Patrick Gleeson <
>>> patrick.c.gleeson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Leaning in to this, I'd love to get a feel for what the Ruby contractor
>>>> market is like at the moment. My last contracting gig (which was also my
>>>> first contracting gig), was a couple of years on £700/day (but inside IR35
>>>> so the headline figure is a bit misleading). I'd love to hear what the
>>>> range of going rates is at the moment (to be clear, I've got my next thing
>>>> lined up so this is purely curiosity on my part combined with the general
>>>> belief that breaking the taboo of discussing compensation is occasionally
>>>> healthy).
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>> I don't know what I'm doing, I just make it up as I go along
>>>> <https://patrickgleeson.com/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, 11:13 James Darling, <james at abscond.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Whoops, that's embarrassing. 😭
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 10:38, James Darling <james at abscond.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think we've met (embarrassing if we have!) but I've been an
>>>>>> LRUGer for about 20 years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This sounds interesting to me, and something I'd definitely be able
>>>>>> to help with! Nice to see a project with no React. I live in Leyton and
>>>>>> love meeting up, so location is great. I once integrated the dutch payment
>>>>>> system iDEAL for a startup via Stripe's API that I believe is still running.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's my LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/abscond/>, GitHub
>>>>>> <https://github.com/james> and website <https://abscond.org/>. I'm
>>>>>> currently on £850/day.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> James
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 at 19:21, Nick Tabernacle <nick at beo.so> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi LRUG,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As a RoR contractor I've been on the other side of these emails for
>>>>>>> many years, so it’s nice to be 'giving back' with some contract
>>>>>>> opportunities directly to this group.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’m looking for a Rails contractor for a two month internal MVP
>>>>>>> build, likely extended to six months. The client is a multinational
>>>>>>> non-profit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ideal experience:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    - Rails 7 (and all the obvious things it includes)
>>>>>>>    - >10 years on Rails to a Senior level
>>>>>>>    - Can provide examples of full stack work
>>>>>>>    - Hotwire (more experience the better)
>>>>>>>    - TailwindCSS
>>>>>>>    - Stripe payments
>>>>>>>    - API integration
>>>>>>>    - CI/CD on Azure (essential)
>>>>>>>    - Any Azure knowledge/certificates welcome
>>>>>>>    - Comfortable with the enterprise onboarding process
>>>>>>>    - Remote but will need 2 days a month at our office in Liverpool
>>>>>>>    Street talking around a whiteboard most likely.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’m also looking for someone interested in using AI to improve
>>>>>>> productivity and share their metrics, for good or bad.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please let me know your desired rate, Linked In || YouTube || Github.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *No recruiters or recruiting companies please. *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks LRUG :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nick Tabernacle
>>>>>>> nick at beo.so
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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