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- From: Chris Marriott <chris@chrism.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc
- Subject: Re: How much to charge?
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 18:38:01 +0100
- Organization: SkyMap Software
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- In article <4jv1fl$hcb@news.microsoft.com>, Mike Blaszczak
- <mikeblas@microsoft.com> writes
- >I also fly all over the place and do presentations. I answer, roughly,
- >two to three dozen SDK, MFC, and VC++ questions every day. Of course,
- >Microsoft pays my expenses to make these trips, but writing the slides,
- >doing the research, and losing the time from my desk job are all things
- >I have to take care of. I am rarely, if ever, thanked, Quite often,
- >I'm actually flamed for answering or for the content of the answer even
- >though the matter is (obviously) well beyond my control.
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- Ah, the life of a "guru" is not an easy one....
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- You have to remember too, Mike, that you dare to work for the ultimate
- evil, Microsoft :-).
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- Chris
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