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Thanks for the feedback. I think part of the issue is that I'm asking folks to give project rates and durations, and it seems (based on the projects submitted t
by kylebragger 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I think part of the issue is that I'm asking folks to give project rates and durations, and it seems (based on the projects submitted thus far) that the duration ends up being a bit of a misnomer. I think a project rate of a few grand for a simple prototype is probably above board, but if you add an erroneous or poorly anticipated duration, it suddenly dilutes the rate into bottom feeder territory. Nonetheless, I'll be revamping some of this so it's much more clear. FWIW, I rejected more projects than I sent out.
- ido 15y agoSounds good! Looking forward to seeing how this develops.
- TuaAmin13 15y agoI got the email, and I didn't take the "duration" as how long they wanted me to spend on it. I took it as more of a "When you start this, you should be done in X days because we want it by then." Should I have read it differently?
- spne 15y agoI agree that this is confusing. Maybe two different fields: 1) estimate of how long this will take 2) deadline I can see many projects that are just a day or two of work, but where the company doesn't need it for a week.
- kylebragger 15y agoI think that's an interesting idea. I agree that it's probably a bit confusing/off-putting as it stands now.
- kylebragger 15y agoI think that's kind of what I was getting at too. Perhaps duration is the wrong word -- might experiment with deadline/due by or similar.