Re: PROMAX out of business?

I really don't see the universe as finite... If the noob hadn't existed, I'll wager the job wouldn't have happened. I don't see a loss of work around me even though I post answers, I teach, and even help graduate film students all the time locally.

Work begets more work. Good work begets even more. Bad work doesn't do a darn thing but upset the clients, and results in no repeat business nor referrals which is most of the way we all get work.

Hey, I make more money now than before, so just don't get this attitude that says if we help them, they will take over the world... you simply don't get to producing quality work with just the tools bought don't think, and the lack of experience shows all the time. In fact, whenever a client has done something like hire a noob, they ask me to fix it and they never try that again...

The only way that you'll have to take less money for the same work is because you buy into it... so... don't. If you do, it's YOU lowering the rates, not the noobs... Just don't do it. I've seen it work over and over. I haven't lowered a rate since I jumped from Avid. That was about 8 years ago, and my rates have held steady or increased yearly with all the clients I work with. They hire me, not the machines, not the software... me. So my advice to anyone encountering this is to just hold firm with your rates. The client may not do business with you, but he also won't get a very good program the vast majority of the time, and will learn the lesson of using newbies... it's not the best idea!

Jerry