Hello Mike!
Saturday March 15 1997 21:07, Mike Fellhauer wrote to David Powell:
MF>> Thanks. I checked out the magazine, but it'd be cheaper for us
MF>> to rewrite the required code.
DP>> There must not be very much code then. Even at $50 an
DP>> hour, that is less than 3 hours of work. I charge more and
DP>> I hope _you_ do, too.
MF> You're saying that I should charge myself for modifying the program.
MF> Let's see how that would go:
MF> Me: "Hi, I have this program that I need updated."
MF> I: "Well, I charge $50 an hour."
MF> Myself: "I'm sorry, but that's much too expensive...myself will have
MF> to do it.
MF> It's kinda difficult to bill yourself! ;)
But your time is billable for other customers normally, and to spend lots of
time recreating something does cost you money.
Cy
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