Re: FN-FORUM charlatans

date posted 27th July 2000 14:56

The industry is still expanding very fast. Hence, there a big demand and a shortage of "good" people. Hence anybody with half an ounce of wit can step in and start trading.

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Which reminds me. Rates - how much?

Since I started, I have worked fewer hours (days) than as a staff member of a large corporation (5 week holiday etc), and have offset a fair amount against tax; hardware, software and travel for example.

I could have hence charged less. But the downside is periods of slack, no sick pay and an accountant (who charges me once a year for basic accounting).

I think the person who charged 10 quid an hour (400 a week - 20,000 for a 50 week year, say) should think about 30 to 35 an hour. And spent any spare time improving skills.

Gordo.

At 3:01 -0700 2000/07/27, iestyn lloyd wrote:
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>Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed how many charlatans there are in the
>web industry? It really fills me with anger at the amount of cowboys
>and....idiots....that are out there, churning out absolute cack for clients,
>and getting paid stupid amounts of money for it!! ARGH!!!
>
>Think i'm going to start a web 'agency' -
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>Charlatan Web Design and Development
>"over-priced, under-skilled"
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>(if there is a charlatan web angency - i do apologise :)
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>ho humm :)
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