Comments on: Can you afford the basement geek? http://techzestblog.com/2008/07/08/can-you-afford-the-basement-geek/ Presented by CIO Services--Fresh tech ideas to grow your business Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: международные гей знакомства http://techzestblog.com/2008/07/08/can-you-afford-the-basement-geek/#comment-811 международные гей знакомства Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:07:30 +0000 http://techzest.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-811 мне кажется: шикарно. мне кажется: шикарно.

]]> By: techzest http://techzestblog.com/2008/07/08/can-you-afford-the-basement-geek/#comment-137 techzest Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:33:20 +0000 http://techzest.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-137 Jeremy, thanks for sharing. I hear this kind of story all too often, but I still see business owners making these choices. I understand the cash crunch and yet I cringe at some of the awful outcomes. Wendy Jeremy, thanks for sharing. I hear this kind of story all too often, but I still see business owners making these choices. I understand the cash crunch and yet I cringe at some of the awful outcomes.

Wendy

]]> By: Jeremy Nulik http://techzestblog.com/2008/07/08/can-you-afford-the-basement-geek/#comment-129 Jeremy Nulik Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:53:49 +0000 http://techzest.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-129 Wendy, I have run into this problem myself. When I was part of a start-up, we had 2 guys come to "make all our machines talk." What was supposed to be 1 hour of labor turned into him trying to charge me for 3 hours (times 2...since 2 guys were there). Also, he left a wake of buggy systems behind that I had to later learn how to clean up. In retrospect, I would have been better off to learn it myself than to have this guy do it. Finding a reputable company that has a proven track record of success and the systems to support you at all times is key. Thanks for these posts on the basement geeks. I think that, especially in an economic downturn, people have been turning to these folks that appear to be less money on the surface, but end up being a bigger cost in the long run. - Jeremy Wendy, I have run into this problem myself. When I was part of a start-up, we had 2 guys come to “make all our machines talk.” What was supposed to be 1 hour of labor turned into him trying to charge me for 3 hours (times 2…since 2 guys were there). Also, he left a wake of buggy systems behind that I had to later learn how to clean up. In retrospect, I would have been better off to learn it myself than to have this guy do it.

Finding a reputable company that has a proven track record of success and the systems to support you at all times is key. Thanks for these posts on the basement geeks. I think that, especially in an economic downturn, people have been turning to these folks that appear to be less money on the surface, but end up being a bigger cost in the long run.

- Jeremy

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