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I followed up on David Winch’s last points with some more of my own:
“Now, all I need is a few prospects on whom to practice! But I’m sure ‘how do I find clients?’ is a huge component of your workshop, so I do not presume to receive such a detailed response to that one.
“It is [...]
Part two of my online discussions with David Winch:-
“While I understand the concept behind value-based fees, I’m still trying to wrap my head around how to apply them to what I consider highly commoditized services. That is not to say I devalue my own worth, but I do recognize that there is an upper bound [...]
A couple of days ago David Winch noticed me talking on Twitter about “Determining Value-Based Fees for Software Projects”
Specifically I said:
“While I generally agree that Value-Based Fees (a la Alan Weiss) are the best way to charge and get what you’re worth as a consultant, I don’t know how well this approach translates to the [...]
Here’s my current Rails 2.3 application template which uses the following features:
asset_packager
exception_notifier
paperclip
restful-authentication (generates user and session)
role-requirement (generates roles for user)
rspec
cucumber
active_merchant
sqlite3-ruby
will_paginate
haml
nifty_layout
Capistrano capify
database session store
Mark Richman has over 15 years experience in Information Technology. Mark has a BS in Computer Science and an MBA with a specialization in Technology Management
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