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I must not be a good contractor. I try to only do good work and I turn down jobs if I can't do it correctly for the time and money the client desires. But I als
by rascul 4y ago
I must not be a good contractor. I try to only do good work and I turn down jobs if I can't do it correctly for the time and money the client desires. But I also have steady work so I can afford to be picky.
- SoftTalker 4y agoMost good contractors have steady work, because they are known to be good. They turn down many jobs that are either too small or have too small a budget. The contractors who are available are either new and unproven, or the bad ones. It's like software development. Good developers are well paid and work on large, interesting projects. Bad developers are doing piecework small jobs for lower pay.
- rascul 4y agoA decent portion of my work is fixing what those bad contractors do. It can be frustrating sometimes.
- idiotsecant 4y agocareful, you're on HN - the narrative is that people who actually build things with their hands are lazy borderline criminals and out to steal as much as they can from the noble, erudite developers who could do just as good a job anyway, no, better! if they wanted to.