[CLUE-Talk] Contract Help (website development)

[Jed S. Baer]

On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:03:11 -0700
Jeffery Cann <fabian at jefferycann.com> wrote:

> I have done a number of websites on a contract basis for the past 4
> years.  Here's my advice:

Thanks for the info. The hourly rate I was curious about more from a
standpoint of a reasonable multiplier for my hours estimate.

> + Hire out for graphics when / if you can.  Unless you are trained, your
> graphics with GIMP will look like mine:  quasi-professional and boring. 
> If the budget allows, contact local design / art schools for students
> willing to work for $20 an hour.

Good thought. Fortunately, the graphics for this one are within my grasp.
But I'll keep the art/design school notion in mind.

> There are times when a client won't pay me my minimum rate and when this
> happens, I don't do the job.  There's nothing worse than diluting your
> hourly rate because you'll begin to resent the client and your work will
> suffer.

Yeah, but as long as I don't go the the burger-flipper level, I'll be
ahead of where I am now. ;-)

I do have one other question for the group. After hitting a couple of the
usual suspects and googling a bit, I'm not seeing much mention of support
for streaming media. Is it better to go with a cheap site host, like
phpwebhosting, and farm the media piece of to a dedicated service which
specializes in that?

TIA,
jed
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