[cfaussie] Re: [OT] Proposals

[M@ Bourke]

> Most guys I talk to prefer to get her drunk and then ask, but I'm a
> bit more romantic and go for the steak dinner...

I'm 1 of the first guys, go the drinks..... j/k... my looks are enough...

tell a client you'll note down requirements and get back to them ASAP, never tell em a price there and then on the spot.

then work out how long you reckon it'll take, and work out your hourly rate that your after, then charge 3 times that,
so say you want to earn $10ph then charge $30 as you may spend say 10 hours coding, but spend 20 hours doing all the other stuff, like meeting the client, getting the requirements, estimating stuff, showing the client the semi completed project, making changes, going back to the client a dozen times,  getting paid, checking to see you have the money, then all the tax work later on in the year etc etc.

If your only going to be a contractor then this will be a little different but if you want to run a business then its like the above.
and if you plan on employing other contractors or employees then your going to be doing more work and you may have an employee sitting idle so you'll need to charge at least 3 times what your paying the employee.

>And if billed on to the client, how does the client react? Surely they have no clue

you explain it to the client in the quote before the project starts. Always over quote time, never under quote, better to say 6 weeks and then impress them by having it done in 4 then to say 3 weeks and P#($ them off by taking 4
and yes most of the country has no clue, They voted in a prime minister simply because he appears on the side of a spray can.

M@
who wonders if anyone gets his sense of humour, and also wonders if he'll ever understand him self.





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