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// June 25th, 2007 // Comments Off // Web Development
…Here’s the problem: You agree that feature X can be done in two hours. But four hours into it, you’re still only a quarter of the way done. The natural instinct is to think ‘but I can’t give up now, I’ve already spent four hours on this!’.
So you go into hero mode. Determined to make this work, but also embarrassed that it isn’t already so. So the hero grabs his hermit cape and isolates himself from feedback. ‘I really need to get this done, so I’ll turn off IM, Campfire, email, and more for now’. And some times that works. Throwing sheer effort at the problem to get it done.
But was it worth it? Probably not. The feature was deemed valuable at a cost of two hours, not sixteen. Sixteen hours of work could have gotten four other things done that individually were at least as important.
That’s where the concept of sunk cost gives us a guide on what to do. It doesn’t what you’ve already spent. That time and money is gone. It only matters whether spending what’s left is worth it or not. Business school 101, but one of the hardest lessons to internalize.
In other words, stop being so afraid of calling it quits. You’re playing to win the full season, not a single game. Every time you play the hero card, you’re jeopardizing the next game. Heroics are for when you have no other choice. When you can afford to take on tremendous risk because there’s no alternative.
(Via Signal vs. Noise.)
// June 25th, 2007 // Comments Off // Web Development
Amen to this…. SitePoint Blogs are great if you are not familiar with them :
So is third-party web design a dead business?: “Many of your comments to the last blog were quite depressing. Most of you made one of two points:
1. Web design for clients doesn’t pay well. The only way to make money in this business is by designing your own sites and making money that way.
2. Most clients want a lot but won’t pay.
If that’s true, then there is no reason for web designers to do anything other than design for themselves.
But I don’t think it is true at all. I have always thought that most people think way too small.
I think one can design great web sites for their own purposes, and also get out there and market your knowledge and wisdom at a high price to firms and clients that will pay big bucks for the results you can get. If you don’t have all of the knowledge, you can partner up with others who do and provide a complete solution.
If I am wrong, and you are trying to market to clients who want a lot and won’t pay, get the heck out of this business! There are plenty of other ways to make an excellent living, and web design can be a hobby for you.
Otherwise, some of you need a major attitude adjustment, and need to start being more creative and seeing possibility and opportunity.”
(Via SitePoint Blogs.)
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