x_ray667

hmm. im going to be tutoring an undergrad taking a summer course on programming.

however, she asks me how much i wish to be paid, but i have no idea how much im supposed to do.

any ideas?

ps. im a masters student in cs.

moneymatters

As a masters student, you should charge at least 30 dollars per hour.

PurdueEE

Are you actually good at teaching/tutoring (be honest)? How well do you know this person? How much work (hours per week) would be involved? Would you have to travel somewhere to do the tutoring?

x_ray667

i don't think im that good at teaching despite being a very good programmer (comp sci gpa ~ 4.0)

i don't know this person at all.

im thinking 3-5 hours or more per week.

i would have to goto school lab for tutoring.

and considering im not a native speaker, so i was thinking maybe i should charge 20 per hour? what do you think?

AuburnMathTutor

It depends on what other people are charging. I would look at flyers and websites for your area and act accordingly.

If you're already fairly sure you've got her regardless of price, you should charge at least $20.

As an undergraduate with a fair amount of experience, I only charged $10-$15 per hour, but I was in it to undercut the graduate students. I did a pretty good business, so...

Charge as much as you can get away with. If the girl doesn't like it, she'll demand a lower price.

PurdueEE

I think $15-$20/hr is a good price, especially since it sounds like you don't have too much experience teaching. I wouldn't consider being a non-native speaker a big deal unless your English is really bad (which it doesn't seem to be. You're tutoring someone in a CS course, not giving a speech in front of millions of people, so as long as you can get the point across you should be fine.

proton

do it for free. the goodness you do will come back to you seven fold.

tennisplayer121

proton do you mean that in a sexual way?

x_ray667

tennisplayer/ lol

rsala004

I think he does