Ask HN: How do you handle small web/tech requests from friends?

Re:Ask HN: How do you handle small web/tech requests from fr... by tfitzgerald on Monday February 28, 2011 @04:17PM (#2272960)

What is your day job? If your day job involves any of those things just quote them a comparable hourly rate and don't feel bad.

I usually let people know up front how much the service they are requesting is going to cost. A lot of the time this scares them away.

You could always try to work out some sort of service exchange. Given the people you are helping offer services that you'd want / need.

or you could learn to just say no.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you handle small web/tech requests from fr... by dotBen on Monday February 28, 2011 @04:20PM (#2272972)

Good point. I'm a consultant/contractor by trade so I have a very clear billable hourly rate...

But my billable rate for SF-based high quality developer network and API ecosystem strategy + development is not good value for setting up WordPress. In fact it's probably a degree of magnitude bigger if you compare it to getting a student or off-shore person to do it.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you handle small web/tech requests from fr... by nl on Monday February 28, 2011 @11:07PM (#2274231)

I've had a number of "please setup Wordpress" type requests. These days I just point them at a hosting company with a One-Click-Installer (Dreamhost has worked ok for me) and tell them to have a go.

If I don't think they are going to be capable of doing that, then I point them at Wordpress.org

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Re:Ask HN: How do you handle small web/tech requests from fr... by dotBen on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @04:03PM (#2277186)

Well I'm a shareholder in WPEngine.com (WP hosting platform!) so yes, I should route all my WP requests I receive to them! :)

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