[TriLUG] OT: Developer Rates

[Mike M]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 09:10:50AM -0400, Jim Wright wrote:
> 
> I understand wanting to discuss rates, as consulting fees(especially in
> software development) are not generally advertised and it is hard to
> discern what the market will bear.  But if you have a client that is
> unhappy with you, and then that client finds that you discussed the rate
> for his job on a public forum with competitors, that might cause
> problems for you in this litigation happy society.  Better to discuss
> over beers, where there isn't a electronic trail.

It's the act of agreeing to set a price that is wrong, not the act of
discussing rates.

-- 
Mike

Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm.