When Will Web Development Stop Being Undervalued?
Written by Dameo on Sunday, September 5th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
As someone who does some freelancing now and again, I keep the RSS of the local Craigslist “Web Gigs” in my reader. While most of it is people asking for ridiculous effort based solely on what the product might be, and often use ”this shouldn’t take that long if someone who knows what they are doing,” type references, I’ve gotten a couple legit jobs from it.
Today there was another one of those posts that, for no good reason, assumes that creating a well designed, well formatted, and high functioning website is a walk in the park that can be done on a lunch break, if you know what you are doing. This one I found really ironic due to the nature of the client, a lawyer:
Everett Law Firm, P. A. located in Chapel Hill has a significant web presence (see www.everettlawfirm.biz) and is seeking an individual to assist with the management of web page management. Duties range from editing current content, writing content, setting up new webpages, embedding code, and some SEO (we have an SEO guy). We have webpages up in php, asp, and html – so some ability to work with each is helpful.
Ideal candidate is a college student looking for part time work who already has some relevant skills. I am not interested in hiring an over-priced company or individual who is charging excessive fees, been there done that.
Please email a resume or summary of skills.
I just find this highlighted bit hysterical, because who charges excessive fees more than a lawyer? I’d be willing to bet this guy charges upwards of $200/hr and would think that a quality web designer should be less than $20/hr, even if it means dealing with their Frankenstein’s monster of a site. For someone that has a significant web presence, you’d expect them to value it a bit more.
#shakingmyhead
