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Value pricing is just entrepreneurial fan fiction unless you happen to be in a niche where that is possible. Run-of-the-mill dev work is not it.
by brtkdotse 2y ago
Value pricing is just entrepreneurial fan fiction unless you happen to be in a niche where that is possible.
Run-of-the-mill dev work is not it.
- porushpuri 2y agoVery true
- muzani 2y agoYeah, your rates are set by what the other guys charge. They won't pay $30000 when someone else is happy to do it for $100/hour and get it done by the weekend.
- sloaken 2y agoWell spoken. I have had many jobs where they ask "How did you impact the business bottom line?" during annual review process. Usually the only impact will be noticed at least a year after the evaluation.
- philomath_mn 2y ago100% my experience. You would need a combination of the right project for the right client where the affect on bottom line is both observable and observed. Most of companies who are considering a consultant are organizationally incapable of telling you how much money is saved or generated. On the other hand, most companies have a sense for how much an hour of work should cost and would be comfortable discussing the project in those terms. So you'd seriously be limiting your options if you focused on the former.
- b20000 2y agowhat an hour should cost… in my experience this is based on nothing and might be based on what HR thinks which is irrelevant
- philomath_mn 2y agoNot saying that is how things should work, but that is often the reference point for those making decisions on the client side.
- b20000 2y agoyes and it is incorrect because as a business you need to carry the cost of doing business