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Should software developers and lawyers also have upfront pricelists for all services? I will gladly develop a cure for cancer, for the low, low price of $20B.
by killjoywashere 9y ago
Should software developers and lawyers also have upfront pricelists for all services?
I will gladly develop a cure for cancer, for the low, low price of $20B.
- maxxxxx 9y agoWhen I hire a software developer or a lawyer I get an upfront price list. Would you hire a lawyer that either would not give you any price or told you "it costs between 2000 and 60000 depending on your insurance and some other factors we won't tell you"?
- killjoywashere 9y agoThe difference is law, software, car repair, home remodels, etc, are all man-made systems. Medicine is dealing with a system that I think we can all agree man did not make.
- maxxxxx 9y agoA hospital is a very man made system and most tools they use are man made too. Most procedures are pretty standard too. There is no reason that they can't publish numbers other than that it's beneficial to them to keep them secret. Insurances have these numbers too but they don't want to publish them either. Everybody knows the pricing, the only participant being kept in the dark is the customer, aka patient who eventually has to pay.
- gedy 9y agoSoftware folks mostly do: "I will do mgmt's random projects and requests for $xxxxxx a year."
- killjoywashere 9y agoDoctors mostly work on a similar principle: "I will take whatever comes through that door and then fill out the billing the hospital requests, which will be further worked out by the hospital, and hopefully I get paid after a month or so."