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Originally Posted by RummyBoy
Lets say your software developer says a job is going to take 10 man hours to complete, how the hell do you know its going to take that long?
If the job takes 5 hours and they throw an extra 5 on, by estimating it will take 10, how will you ever know?
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If he quotes 10 hours at say $50/hr, it means he wants $500 for the job, not nessesarily that it will take 10 hours, especially since that 10 hours can be spread over many days... Also factor in even if it does take say 5 hours, he still needs to spend time on supporting you later if something breaks, talking to you, etc.