Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: >> sleeves due to you being longer in the tooth than I am <g>) is that you >> attract the good client's who'll pay your $xxx/hr rates.....in my >> depressed economical areas, there's no way there's 3 digits after that >> dollar sign. >> > > You're not the only one. > > I live in Milwaukee. Folks around here (they call themselves "good ol' > German frugal", others call them 'cheap') have the same problem. > Particularly with some guy who works out of his house (that's French for > "no overhead, so your rates should be lower, right?") > > I haven't sent an invoice to a local firm in five years, cuz local firms > don't want to pay the going rate, regardless of my guru-ness (that's > legacy-guru-ness, by the way.) >
LOL! I've got the Pennsylvania Dutch around me...anyone who knows what makes a PA Dutch person knows what I mean.
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