"Magnanti... has spoken of the time six years ago she worked as a £300 an hour prostitute working through a London escort agency."
The sad thing is, an IT contractor could easily expect to earn £300 an hour, especially in London.
The sad thing is, an IT contractor could easily expect to earn £300 an hour, especially in London.
And sad thing ? Nice little judgement you have going there.
It was by choice. Now what, if anything, does this say about what we do? Contrary to common arguments surrounding the topic of women in computing, this woman is definitely not averse to science / technology. She's got as much geek in her than any of the people on this site, and yet she preferred being a callgirl to a programmer.
The average IT contractor in London probably makes 30-40 GBP/hr.
The other group that has insane billing rates are (top) photo retouchers. GBP 500/hr is possible in that field.
Let's not forget that "X per hour" does not simply translate into "Y per year", especially if you're a contractor.