Category: Value Opacity

_Mary mother of God am I sick of that insane analogy! Balancing your checkbook is to balancing the (state) budget as driving to the supermarket

What’s the clearest red flag a potential client can show you? For me, the list of things they can say or do to make me instantly

You got me more pricing options than I asked for? How unprofessional! No, the deal is off! Said no client ever. Charging for the time we spend

Thanks to the famous Dunning-Kruger effect, the clients who know a little about our field are often the most annoying to price for. They know enough to think that

I know next to nothing about cars, but I can confidently spot the difference between a washed car and a dirty one. That is also

As a rule, I used to set up my own PCs. I carefully picked components, assembled the machine, and installed everything myself. I knew what I