Laravel Daily #44: Hourly Rates, Developer Goals and Useful Tips

One of the most popular questions I’m getting as a developer and team leader is what is my/our hourly rate for web-development. Instead of answering “it depends” every time, I decided to create a mini website with an answer.

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I've been involved in web development in some way or another for the better part of half my life. I learned HTML when I was 11, and I took a few programming classes in high school. However, I hadn't been serious about it until I started at Fanshawe College in January of 2014.

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