Yesterday, at the weekly Free Culture lunch I’ve been attending for over a year, the free-lancers agreed that the cheapest clients are also the pickiest. Nina Paley had an interesting explanation for this effect. Imagine, she suggested, that you’ve been contracted for a piece of work that you value at worth $10,000. But the client is only paying $3,000. Well, that’s equivalent to you paying them $7,000 for their services. And they’re glad to provide them, in the form of advice on the job you’re doing for them.
Consulting services. As in, "If I want your advice, I'll hire you as a consultant."
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