Re: Writers face prison in Russia

["John Fleming" <johnf -at- ecn -dot- ab -dot- ca>]

> Subject: Re: Writers face prison in Russia
> From: Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>
> Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 16:06:19 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 52

> > Since it was a fixed rate contract--I didn't get paid any extra
for
> > going back to fix the mistake I'd unwittingly made.
> >
> As a matter of ethics, shouldn't you fix your own error for no
charge,
> even if you were billing at an hourly rate.
> I realize that hourly rate includes some mess up time, but i could
never
> bill for errors of the type you describe, at least not in good
> conscience.

You're absolutely right.

However, billing to fix someone else's errors is fair game.

BTW, since making that mistake, I've kept my Windows screen colours as
the standard colour scheme--just to avoid stupid mistakes like that.
Spending time fixing mistakes--whether or hourly rates or fixed term
contracts--is a lot less lucrative than doing original work correctly
the first time.

--

John Fleming
Technical Writer
Edmonton, Alberta
email:     johnf -at- ecn -dot- ab -dot- ca



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