Re: FN-FORUM: Your Kingdom for a Donkey.

date posted 12th November 2007 13:22

Phillip Healey wrote:
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>> What amuses me is that these things are largely written by
>> 'non-technical' people, who have no idea of the difference between a
>> small job and a hole in the ground.
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> This is what I meant by 'a little arrogant'. In no other profession would
> the service provider be told that their job is x or y! So why / how can such
> people justify telling a developer or designer that its an easy job???? My
> guess is that by doing so they can, justify in their own mind, such a low
> fee.
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> 'Oh its not hard to build the great wall of China, £50 should cover your
> fee!'
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I've just had an ex-employer of mine send me an email. Basically they
are in schtum and need some work done. They offered me £50 to do the
work, (it was bug fixing). I asked them to send me the details, I got a
whole list that would probably take me a day to complete. I replied,
treble that offer and you'll have a deal.

Steve