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Re:Why are there so few good developers? by PhrosTT on Friday September 17, 2010 @10:34AM (#1701263)
Since this guy is addressing 'web developers'... I got out of that game what every client was another person who was harass me indefinitely about minor site changes.

I realized the initial design money was not worth the phone calls and b.s. for the lifetime of the site.

And I'm not even a good developer. Frankly I think "good developers" don't need or want to deal with that crap.

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Re:Why are there so few good developers? by ryanwaggoner on Friday September 17, 2010 @10:39AM (#1701282)
"That guy" here. I know what you mean, and my solution has been three-fold:

1. Batch maintenance tasks together a few times a week, and manage client expectations accordingly.

2. Charge. A lot. In 1-hr increments, even if it takes me 5 mins.

3. Find a junior dev to sub that stuff out to. I taught my brother to program and he's paying his way through private school now doing maintenance work for my clients. Win, win.

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