Re: FN-FORUM: Is this fair? I cant decide...

date posted 1st August 2007 19:57

Dom Latter wrote:
> What sort of work, what sort of rates?
It was adding a few features to a wordpress installation. So i thought
it would be a nice self contained project. His rates amounted to £290 a
day. Which was for php dev with mysql. A smidgin of html/css. (Talking
lists and the styling of.)

> I don't think "fair" comes in to it. You charge more either because you can
> do stuff that other people can't, or because you can do it more quickly.
Maybe i am looking at it from how long it took me and how "easy" it
appears for start ups. In that they can come to people like me which a
set of repeat work clients and get work which i dont have time to do. I
am quite possibly being grumpy at the idea of it being easy for others
and that they should appreciate the work involved in getting this far. I
can see it from both sides, maybe i would feel better if i knew they
suffered many many late nights and weekends working for next to nothing. :D

> Anyway, as an experienced developer you should have a fair idea how
> long it would take you to do it and hence what you would charge the
> client. So offer your potential subcontractor a percentage of that to
> do the work.
I cant go with him on this particular bit of work. The client is an old
one therefore i work for a much reduced rate since the work generally
tends to be small and i kinda like them as clients/friends so have never
charged them full rates.