Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Wed Apr 7 00:06:09 CDT 2004
On 6 Apr 2004 at 22:52, Susan Harkins wrote: > If all of your clients or your boss > suddenly said "Keep it up, you're doing great, but btw, you're working for > free now, aren't you?" No. I charge for my time in developing/supporting software. They can find someone cheaper than me, but they won't find anyone better than me at what I do and they know it. So they are quite happy to pay for my services although there is nothing "secret" about what I am doing. > Or, how about, "And show this new guy everything you > know so we don't need you anymore." -- would that be OK? > Yep, not a problem. It took me 20 years to learn. In 20 years time, I'll be more than ready to hand over the reins to him. In the meantime, my clients pay me for that experience. I also make sure that my clients have the source for anything I develop. If anything happens to me, they can get someone else to maintain/continue to develop it. Until that something happens, they keep me maintaining/developing it because of the skills I have. If I went the MS way, what would my clients do if I was hit by a bus tomorrow? -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support.