Comments on: The Zen of “Go Away” Rates http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/the-zen-of-%e2%80%9cgo-away%e2%80%9d-rates/ A Grande, Triple Shot, Non-Fat Core Dump by Russell Ball Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Data Entry Services http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/the-zen-of-%e2%80%9cgo-away%e2%80%9d-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2499 Data Entry Services Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:14:32 +0000 http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/?p=725#comment-2499 I like that - go away rates! So giving over-inflated rates builds value. I try to be honest in my pricing and assessments but I can see you're concept has value. I like that – go away rates! So giving over-inflated rates builds value. I try to be honest in my pricing and assessments but I can see you’re concept has value.

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]]> By: Troy Tuttle http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/the-zen-of-%e2%80%9cgo-away%e2%80%9d-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2413 Troy Tuttle Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:34:33 +0000 http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/?p=725#comment-2413 :-) Love the project kick-off description! Seems familiar. :-)

Love the project kick-off description! Seems familiar.

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]]> By: Michael C. Neel http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/the-zen-of-%e2%80%9cgo-away%e2%80%9d-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2384 Michael C. Neel Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:00:09 +0000 http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/?p=725#comment-2384 When I worked as a consultant (solo and with a small company) we called this the "Out of bounds" effect. The client has a range in mind they expect quality work to cost - if you're above or below this range then you're out of bounds. Ask to little and you must not know what you are doing, or you cut corners to meet that price. Too much and you are padding the bill and charging for extra work that isn't needed. Of course, the client isn't really capable of making a good estimate of actual work required, so these ranges have little to do with reality, unless it's the reality of landing the job. When I worked as a consultant (solo and with a small company) we called this the “Out of bounds” effect. The client has a range in mind they expect quality work to cost – if you’re above or below this range then you’re out of bounds. Ask to little and you must not know what you are doing, or you cut corners to meet that price. Too much and you are padding the bill and charging for extra work that isn’t needed. Of course, the client isn’t really capable of making a good estimate of actual work required, so these ranges have little to do with reality, unless it’s the reality of landing the job.

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