Andrea McFarland: lol its nothing bad, you said u do IT, not thru a company tho right?
Josh: no independent
Andrea McFarland: Ok so what do u charge (on average for diff things) if that's not too nosey
Josh: mostly i get my work through a few websites
Andrea McFarland: That's cool, I was only asking because I got a lecture yesterday about not charging friends and family
Josh: basicly large companies don't have people everywhere
Josh: what? noooo
Josh: charge friends
Josh: my friend the hair dresser, she needs her computer fixed and i do it for free. do you think she's gonna turn around and cut my hair for free?
Josh: people ask me for my friend rate and i tell them its double
Andrea McFarland: I never have, but yeah I'm starting to think maybe I should. I guess I figured I should wait til I got my degree
Josh: degree?
Josh: ha, i have a degree in psychology
Josh: a service is a service
Andrea McFarland: That's a very good point
Andrea McFarland: I've only asked them to pay for whatever I needed to do what they wanted. But you have a good point
Josh: i charge everyone but my own mother
Andrea McFarland: My mom is the 1 I should start charging lol, she is always calling cuz she screwed something up.
Josh: i usually go for 60-90/h
Josh: or sometimes ill charge for the job
Josh: i got paid $150 for resetting the bios on a motherboard
Josh: moved a jumper from position one, to position two, then back
Josh: as they say, $1 for the move, 149 for know what and where
Andrea McFarland: I've never really thought about the business side, just if I have to pay for a program or part or whatever
Josh: you provide a service like a plumber or a carpenter
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Andrea McFarland: I need to start tho since more ppl have been calling and expect it for free
Josh: you need to vaulue your skills, because if you don't other people won't
Andrea McFarland: Right
Josh: no one uses linux, not because its a bad operating system, but because its free. and free things have no value in most peoples mind
Josh: for example
Josh: "i got this for for free"
Josh: "i paid 50k for this car"
Andrea McFarland: Yeah it makes a difference
Josh: even though you don't know what the free car is, you automatically think is a POS, while the 50k car is really nice
Andrea McFarland: Yup
Josh: so whoever gave you a leacture on not charging friends or family clearing has no idea what their talking about =)Bookmark
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