slightly off-topic.... If you're in Melbourne on the 1st of April you can see Mike give a 5 minute presentation about his bushfire charity website, at Ignite Web<http://www.IgniteWeb.com.au>
Registration is free but places are limited. Hope to see you there. Steve 2009/3/16 Mike Bailey <[email protected]> > Money is only one component of price. > > I see pricing a job as a game of snakes and ladders. Here are some of the > things I take into account when setting a price for a job. My clients have > always been keen to include as many "ladders" as possible in order to get > the best rate. > > # Ladders > * Quick payment > * Flexibile hours and ability to work remotely > * Working with smart people > * Ability to release work as Open Source > * Working on things I want to learn about > * Work I see as worthwhile > > # Snakes > * Long payment terms > * Distracting work environment > * Frustrating beaurocracy > > The most enjoyable project I worked on recently was for a Not For Profit > after the bushfires. It was all ladders and I set my rate at $0. > Unfortunately I'm not in a position to do all my work at this rate! :-) > > - Mike > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Craig Ambrose <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm not sure if anyone else is feeling like business is a little >> different to what it was a couple of years ago. I'm a bit concerned >> about it, and I've decided to drop my rates fairly dramatically. I'd >> be interested to hear what others are doing. More on my thoughts here: >> >> http://blog.craigambrose.com/past/2009/3/16/keeping_it_real/ >> >> cheers, >> >> Craig >> >> ------- >> Craig Ambrose >> Cogent Consulting >> http://www.craigambrose.com >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
