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Guy is booted out of IT amid outsourcing, wipes databases, deletes emails... goes straight to jail for two-plus years

HmmmYes

I just charged them double the salary I was getting when working there full time.

You priced yourself too cheaply then.

As a rule of thumb, when contracting, you need to be looking for 2x the equivalent employed rate.

For some sort of disaster, mess, then the rate is going to much higher.

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