<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br>----- "John" <spam@onlineconcepts.com> wrote:
<br>> Randall Goya wrote:<br>> > I think we may have scared the client away, or perhaps he found a<br>> > consultant. There is no way to know.<br>> <br>> Sam wrote:<br>> > I also think it's not the place for non-consultants to join and<br>> > post jobs or anything else for that matter. But that's just my<br>> > opinion and a lot of folks disagree with me about that.<br>> <br>> I am the potential client who posted the lowball offer, and I've been following <br>> the discussion. I'm a developer myself, but my day job does not allow me time <br>> for a side project of this scope right now. (See yesterday's digest for more.)<br>> <br>> Here's why I posted to this list. Quoting from "Hiring a Drupal site developer" <br>> at http://drupal.org/node/51169#advertise-the-job<br>> <br>> "The Drupal Consulting List is another place to post a call for applicants." If <br>> you wish to move potential clients away from these conversations, it's probably <br>> a good idea to strike that line. Sounds like people are ok with a little <br>> ambiguity on the list though.<br>><br><br>John that is insightful. Thanks. To be fair you weren't doing anything wrong based on that article. I don't have any issue with people posting jobs here. But my one condition is that the persons intent should be to hire a consultant. What doest that mean? Well I will leave that to the person who is doing the job posting to interpret their needs. I considered myself a consultant before I worked with Drupal, that is why I joined the list. Sometimes in entails rolling up my sleeves and developing, and sometimes it is merely taking a look at someones situation and making recommendations. We are also not exclusively Drupal, we do a lot of systems integration and Drupal is one of the tools in the shed to help use accomplish high level goals for our customers. <br><br>Can someone update that webpage to let future people realize that unless you are posting a job to hire a "consultant" (what ever that means to you), you probably won't get good results. I personally watch the Jobs listing and the Forum. That is where I go to find most of my Drupal work.<br><br><br> <br>> -John<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> consulting mailing list<br>> consulting@drupal.org<br>> http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/consulting<br>> <br>> <br><br>-- <br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><font style="font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif;" size="5"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">xforty technologies</span></font><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Christian Pearce<br>888-231-9331 x1119<br><a href="http://xforty.com/">http://xforty.com</a></span></span></div><br></div></body></html>