RE: FN-FORUM: freelancers wanted

date posted 2nd August 2007 23:27

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of steve
wilson

>I can't believe that quality does't come into it. So you are basically
>saying any guy, that has no where near as much experience as some of
you
>guys can make more money because they are cheaper ?

Sorry Steve, I didn't finish the comment before sending. Was trying to
multitask and wrote different bits of the email at the same time.. Doh.

If you're referring to my little story about Joe, I'm saying a guy with
*no* experience can dream up a pyramid scheme where he sits on top and
have other people doing the work for him. And no, the designer and
developers wouldn't be better off, just the man on top.

Solid knowledge and talent always wins in the end and your 3D work is
excellent so you I wouldn't imagine you having any problems.. I'll keep
you in mind if I ever get to work on a project with a budget for 3d
design.


The original reply should have gone something like this:

> On 2/8/07 20:36, "steve wilson" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>> There isn't much that can be done about it. All i can say is, the
>> guys that
>> are crap and out to take clients for a ride make our jobs (the guys
doing
>> good quality work) more fruitful.

I wouldn't quite agree with that. Especially smaller clients often have
little appreciation for quality and will constantly say something like
"this other guy quoted half your price". You know that you either have
to walk away or lower your price.

Basically, what I'm saying is that hacks ruin it for serious
designers/developers, especially when you are starting up and you need
the work. You know what you're worth (maybe you have lots of experience
before you started up), but because some hack offers what the client
sees as an equivalent service at half the price you are forced to lower
your quote, perhaps meet in the middle.

So, if you were referring to my half finished reply.. No, a guy with
less experience won't make more money, but you will make less because
some clients just don't appreciate or recognise quality.

Of course when you're more established you can turn away work, which
doesn't meet your worth.

Hope that clears it up a little bit.

Johan


Also...

>From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Ahmed
>Motaz
>Sent: 02 August 2007 23:28

>PS: Thanks, Johan, for a good read!

Thanks for the kind words :)