[thelist] RE: Does web design have a future in 'high wage' countries? (wasQuestion])

patrick pms at stoutstreet.com
Fri Jul 23 15:41:59 CDT 2004


Chris George wrote:
>>Then why not find other freelancers/what have you who 
>>complement your skills? You don't ask a carpenter to build 
>>the whole house by himself.
> 
> 
> Ummmmmm no offence, but in this day and age of outsourcing development
> labour to cheap 3rd-party countries, that's not a very good analogy. :-P
> 
> I've seen and talked with the crew that built my house...

and.......?

Is your house solid? Did you select your builder based on price? Did you
view their work previously?


It may be difficult to compete on price alone: that's why you change
your pitch. What do you know that the cheap labor does not?



patrick sanders
http://www.stoutstreet.com
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