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> There is almost no one that is worth tens of thousands per hour. Sure, but there are plenty of business problems worth solving even if it takes millions. You

• bryanrasmussen 7y ago
  A couple years ago I was approached for a consulting job for a company using DSSSL with some arbortext extensions for generating their user manuals, I was unfortunately already committed on a project, darn the luck. I don't know who they found to take the task, but I have to assume they charged them quite a lot because you're just not going to find very many people to solve that particular problem. Certainly not 10000 per hour, but a significant amount given the Danish market.
• hogFeast 7y ago
  This reminds me of a story a friend told me: he locked himself out of his house, he calls up the emergency locksmith, locksmith takes a look, and says it will be £150. My friend (annoyed) asks what is he going to do. Locksmith pulls out a bent coathanger. My friend gets angry. Says he could do it himself, he has a coathanger upstairs, he doesn't need the locksmith, £150 is a total rip off, calls him every name under the sun. Locksmith: "Okay mate, you have a coathanger now?". Friend says no, agrees to pay him. Door opened. £150 well spent. I think too many people here perceive tech as something that meets their needs when it should be about providing a service to others.
  • joeraut 7y ago
    That anecdote applies to more than locksmiths or tech. A MacBook repair shop may replace a $0.50 transistor, but charge $200+. What you're paying for is the knowledge and experience in identifying and solving the problem. It's unfortunate that so many consumers don't understand this principle.