Post #1124378
2026-04-13 08:53 UTC
Things I regularly find challenging to get prospective clients to understand with software development:
1. It takes far more time than you expect.
2. It costs far more than you expect (a bespoke web app for example is thousands of pounds, if not tens of thousands).
3. There is no such thing as a '2 minute fix'.
4. Companies like eBay, AutoTrader etc. have teams of people like me (no I can't clone their site in 1 month for £200).
#business #freelance #freelancing
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@tony@toot.hoyle.me.uk 2026-04-13 09:14
@pwaring@social.xk7.net Software development, including web design, is seen as cheap or free by many business types.. ('my son makes web sites'). Getting over that hurdle is the hard part. TBH that isn't helped by new people starting out undervaluing themselves.. I understand why, truly, but we need to be educating up and coming developers their knowledge is valuable.