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Martian · 09-09-2005, 12:56 AM

Mooseman3000 - Age has nothing to do with it. The very fact that you successfully completed the work says that you are qualified to do it. Background and schooling don't matter here, you're able to perform the job for him and you deserve to be compensated for it. This is how the consulting business works and there are millions of people around the world who make a living doing what you did. Many of them don't have any degrees and a lot of them are under 25. In the IT field particularly I've seen a fair few college students who take on a consulting job in order to have a bit of extra cash and I'd say the majority of the people who do it are under 30.

You're not doing him a personal favour. You're not calculating how much seed he'll need for his own lawn or doing his taxes or something. You're rendering a service for his business. As a businessman he knows that you should naturally be compensated for the service you've rendered and very likely will factor it into the final cost for the job. You're not looking at it from the right perspective because you're allowing your personal relationship to get in the way, when as far as he's concerned that has nothing to do with that. It's a business transaction, plain and simple.

EDIT - and in case you're thinking I was one of those guys who went to college when he was 16, I'm not. I'm actually a high school dropout. With proper connections, paper qualifications matter very little.

09-09-2005, 12:56 AM	#18 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	Mooseman3000 - Age has nothing to do with it. The very fact that you successfully completed the work says that you are qualified to do it. Background and schooling don't matter here, you're able to perform the job for him and you deserve to be compensated for it. This is how the consulting business works and there are millions of people around the world who make a living doing what you did. Many of them don't have any degrees and a lot of them are under 25. In the IT field particularly I've seen a fair few college students who take on a consulting job in order to have a bit of extra cash and I'd say the majority of the people who do it are under 30. You're not doing him a personal favour. You're not calculating how much seed he'll need for his own lawn or doing his taxes or something. You're rendering a service for his business. As a businessman he knows that you should naturally be compensated for the service you've rendered and very likely will factor it into the final cost for the job. You're not looking at it from the right perspective because you're allowing your personal relationship to get in the way, when as far as he's concerned that has nothing to do with that. It's a business transaction, plain and simple. EDIT - and in case you're thinking I was one of those guys who went to college when he was 16, I'm not. I'm actually a high school dropout. With proper connections, paper qualifications matter very little. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame Last edited by Martian; 09-09-2005 at 01:05 AM..