"Stringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >From: "Chris Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >sites. Many, many apps are quoted at three to five thousand > >dollars to full delivery. A manager that turns this into hours by > >dividing by the rate they pay for Palm programming (say US$30 > >to US$50 and hour) can easily pick up the idea that a couple > >of week's work will finish most Palm apps. > > 1) Don't these clients understand the concept of "bait and switch". > The fact that one of these clients is a salesman makes me wonder whether they bother thinking it through. I think a lot of it is just human nature - they've got this nagging idea that the programming is costing them too much and these 'quotes' just become a justification for trying to squeeze the rate down a bit. I'm currently dealing with an Australian client who's unhappy about paying more than NZ$30 (about US$15) an hour for one of my programmers because the guy only has six months Palm experience on top of five years general programming experience. Maybe some people just aren't realistic.
> 2) Your quoted billing rate is low by a factor of 3 to 6. > Then let me announce my availability to work at the quoted rates :-) or, even better, at rates 3 to 6 times higher. It helps that I'm in New Zealand, which has a lower cost of good living. The main problem is that the good rates require face to face communication - the cost of getting to the interview becomes a little prohibitive. Chris Tutty -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
