[consulting] Professionalism

[Roshan Shah]

33 hours is definitely a lot. Hard to say though unless you look at clear
requirements. There might be hidden things that Client requested that are
not coming out.

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On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Bhavin Joshi <bhavinjosi at joshics.in> wrote:

>  I  think what ever the template is, complex or simple, $3300 is too much.
> You would build a very good site with that much money!
> If the template is complex, company is reputed, and to be professional, the
> price should be around $800.
>
> Regards.
>
> Cameron Eagans wrote:
>
> That may be the case, but 'a node template' is an entirely different
> story, and a node template that takes more than ~5 hours is pretty
> extensive and should probably be split into it's own theme. There's no
> way a node template should take that long.
> -----
> Cameron Eagans
> Owner, Black Storms Studios, LLChttp://www.blackstormsstudios.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Zohar Stolar <zohar at linnovate.net> <zohar at linnovate.net> wrote:
>
>
>  Sometimes "a template" is more than just doing some HTML. The task
> itself might include building the needed views, theme them, get some
> blocks in place, and theme them too, etc.
>
> I don't know what's the template in question, and I also know that 33
> hours are a lot of time, but I also know that it's not always as easy as
> it seems in first look.
>
>
>
> Fred Jones wrote:
>
>
>
>  I work with someone on a Drupal 6 site and he hired a fancy NYC
> company (that charges well over $100 / hour) to do some more work on
> the site. The client asked me to write up a certain job and include
> some time estimates. Part of it is a custom node template, based on a
> PSD. The site template remains the same--this node template is just to
> customize the content section. OK, it may involve a *bit* of PHP for
> special fields, but it's still just a node template.
>
> I estimated 3 hours and the NYers 33 hours. They estimate over $3300
> to make one node template!
>
> I don't understand how they are able to have enough business and a
> good enough reputation to be charging high prices if they don't know
> what they're doing. Because they don't--33 hours for a node template
> is silly I think. The other programmer we use could do it in 3 hours I
> think (and he's less than $100). He's just busy...
>
> F
>
> PS: Thank you for listening to my rant. I feel better now. :)
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