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Well i just hope it will get better else 15 years of experience goes down the toilet do to some chinese guy in Wuhan who decided he has to eat bats for dinner... if it goes bad i will raise prices and do something else until it gets better again i hope... i can't complain as i can afford to raise prices and wait ... but some people can't ... IT sector is crumbling...people say they need us but i don't see money moving ...Today someone asked me to build him something that takes 3 months to build i gave him price 4500 euros ...fair price do to economic coditions ...and he wanted me to build his project for 300 euros .... "300 euros for 3 months of work are you joking or mad ?"
They're not joking, nor are they mad... They just don't realise our skillset is valuable. They just see our punching on our keyboard and nothing physically gets produced so they think "i can do this, it's more of a hobby, why would i pay anybody for this". Offcourse, our skillset also takes years to develop, it's not free, it's not our hobby either... But hey, that's just not how we are perceived.
Ironically it can help to raise prices. Gets rid of the cheapskate clients and the ones that stick around usually gain more appreciation for the time you give them. If all you have are cheapskate clients you're shit out of luck though.
Exactly ... and it's based on International costumers that pay in dollars ...dollar falls i have to increase price do to fact i am based in Europe ...
Have you been trying to acquire projects in Europe? Unfortunately the market has been mostly locked down by head hunters but expertise is still very much sought after.