[quote=dumbrenter]I pay IT consultants for their services and always thought their rates are too high for what they do. The worst are the IT service companies.[/quote]
What exactly do you mean by “What they do”, IT is a HUGE field, some professionals are worth their weight in gold, others not so much and are indeed overpaid but that can be said for any field. Why do lawyers charge $200/hr to file paperwork? Why do real estate agents make 3-6% per deal, which amounts to tens of thousands, for work that *I* personally think is ridiculously easy. Is driving guests to a house and blabbering about it’s features worth a $15,000 commission? Exactly!
Secondly, IF you think their rates are too high then why aren’t you getting cheaper folks? It’s the open market right? You are not paying these “too high” rates because of your generosity correct?
There is an old adage…you get what you pay for 😉 I know some ignorant people in management think that Software Engineers are nothing but glorified typists and these are the folks that waste millions trying to cut costs by sourcing underqualified and cheap resources resulting in wasted efforts… bottom line, there is NO free lunch! Many learn this the hard way!
