The comment about a client being 'none the wiser' and the
implication that you're just making the extra dough by handing off
some crap someone else did is what's not cool.
The point was, if you're repackaging something that someone already
did without any value add, then that's dishonest. Hands down, end of
story.
then stop using Flash and create your own programming language while
your at it...if you want to be completely"honest".
You pay a fee to use Flash, you also can pay a fee to use an extension
(read:component) inside of flash... speaking of components, I hope you
don't use the datagrid component either. But hey, go ahead and waste
all of your time and program your own - reinvent the wheel, go for it,
be super duper "honest".... sheeesh. If tools are available to help
you finish your work in as little amount of time and with limited
amount of de-bugging needed, then use them.... my point was/is to
maximize your dollar to time ratio. If you quote someone $350 dollars
for a project and you finish it in an hour, you can say you make $350
an hour... but if it takes you 40 hours to do the same job you make
$8.75 an hour. I'm pretty sure that is minimum wage and you might as
well go work for Burger King. I don't know about anyone else here, but
I'm not in this business to make minimum wage. I have mouths to feed.
Dollar to time ratio, baby, that's what its all about when you're a
freelancer and I'm a one man sweat shop. No matter what you say or
think, you have to be a smart business person too as a good developer/
designer.
And for the record I am not affiliated in anyway with slideshowpro. I
just think the user interface is about as clean as they come and
clients love it... but then again, a lot of clients love powerpoint...
so, whatever.
On Nov 14, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Jon Bradley wrote:
On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Carl Welch wrote:
using tools of the trade is far from ripping clients off.
Ridiculous statement.
It's not ridiculous at all. Read my reply to my initial email where
I elaborated a bit more.
The comment about a client being 'none the wiser' and the
implication that you're just making the extra dough by handing off
some crap someone else did is what's not cool.
The point was, if you're repackaging something that someone already
did without any value add, then that's dishonest. Hands down, end of
story.
- j
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