50/hr sound very reasonable - id pay that if Id have to. Don't take anything less.
On Jan 18, 6:39 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 Jan., 13:38, visose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yeah, but you are David *f-ing* Rutten. (I just remembered an Under > > Siege 2 quote) > > I'm not expecting free plane rides any day soon. > > Maybe those days come sooner than you think ... > > I suggest you look at the direct competitors of rhino/Grasshopper : > > GenerativeComponents from Microstation, or Catia etc .... > > Contact them, say you are interested in their solutions and they > should send you a quote what the software costs, what a basic training > costs, what support costs etc ... > > Then you have an overview about the market situation. > > From my experience dayrates from 1000 - 1500 Euros for a basic > teaching customized to the need of the client of a cad Software are > not seldom. > > And from my point of view grasshopper doesnt count as a basic > training I would see this a specialist upgrade to Rhino. > > > > > On Jan 16, 12:34 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes, we don't really care what they charge the participants. Though I > > > suspect it's actually quite a lot. > > > I do know that Gerard Petersen (Dutch reseller), allowed two students > > > in for free, because the others covered the cost of my ticket, my > > > time, my hotel, the classroom rent and the lunch. > > > > -- > > > David Rutten > > > [email protected] > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > On Jan 16, 12:02 pm, visose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks, that's good to know. To clear things up, you mean 50/hour for > > > > the teacher, no matter how many students the workshop ends with, > > > > right? (obviously not 50/h per student). > > > > > I wouldn't charge as much for grasshopper as for rhinoscript. > > > > Grasshopper is much easier to use, though you've got to have a similar > > > > understanding of how nurbs work and how rhino deals with them. But if > > > > you're charging 75/hour for modeling I'm guessing the prizes have got > > > > more to do with supply/demand than the difficulty of the lesson. > > > > > Right now I'm paying 25/hour to my tennis instructor, i wouldn't want > > > > to go below that given that tennis lessons are not an investment like > > > > learning a software package could be. But there's a lot of demand for > > > > tennis lessons apparently, you can't argue with the free market. > > > > > On Jan 16, 11:30 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Our rate for RhinoScript workshops is: > > > > > 50 euros an hour or 500 a day if the hours are hard to calculate plus > > > > > expenses. > > > > > > But these workshops are often paid for by resellers, who in turn will > > > > > charge up to 20 attendees. We have no mechanisms for personal lessons > > > > > (except if you count that we allow developers to come and work in one > > > > > of our offices for a few days and ask all the questions they need, for > > > > > which we don't charge anything). > > > > > > I think the modeling lessons we give are 75/hour 750/day, but I'm not > > > > > entirely sure about that. These prices are along the cheap side of the > > > > > spectrum as I understand. > > > > > > -- > > > > > David Rutten > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > > > On Jan 16, 11:17 am, visose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I may be teaching some private lessons of grasshopper. I have never > > > > > > done this kind of stuff before, so I was wondering how much should I > > > > > > charge per hour. I'm searching for standard fees used here in spain > > > > > > for popular cad packages such as autocad and 3dmax. I've seen from > > > > > > 15 > > > > > > to 35 euros/hour. > > > > > > I don't know if i should charge more because of the exclusivity of > > > > > > knowing grasshopper (there are fewer people that know how to use > > > > > > this > > > > > > plugin than other software packages) or charge less because > > > > > > actually, > > > > > > it's very intuitive and easy to use.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -
