Doctors/Medics do offer a number of free medical camps surgeries e.t.c.


Regards
Edward Mayaka

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:46 AM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
It's granted that with every visit to the lawyer/doctor you'll have to
pay and depending on the experience and the issue at hand you cough
through the nose. Why should it be any different for Technology why
should we see it as any less?

Secondly is there any guarantee that after the free consultation,
business will flow and they all of a sudden willing to pay top dollar
for quality service?


Kiania D



On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Ndungi Kyalo <ndungi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let me put it another way : Would we prefer many more dollar$ over faster
> innovative progress ?
> Clearly, the legal profession is stagnated because there's a fee note for
> everything, and maybe soon, even for mundane greetings.
>
> On 13 June 2011 10:09, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd
> <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> IT has been there for ages my friend what they called smoke signals
>> then we call wireless communication today ;-)
>>
>> I think we are to blame to 'devaluing' our profession, we need to
>> stand our ground and earn the same respect as Law, IT, Finance you
>> name it.
>>
>> My thoughts
>>
>>
>> Kiania D.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Ndungi Kyalo <ndungi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The Law and Accounting are today just what they were a hundred years ago
>> > -
>> > save for a higher pile of case files. IT on the other hand is many light
>> > years ahead because of the sharing culture. I'd say, that the other
>> > professions have a lot to learn from us. A whole lot.
>> > On 13 June 2011 08:43, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://skunkworks-ke.tumblr.com/post/4715250243/screw-you-pay-me-how-to-negotiate-with-customers
>> >>
>> >> Very interesting video I came across on the subject....
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 8:14 AM, justus <mutahijustus@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> im also a worried man , i worked with a certain govt body as IT
>> >>> support
>> >>> for sometime, when i got out some guys who were my bosses still call
>> >>> me
>> >>> claiming their personal computer  needs formatting , whether i have an
>> >>> antivirus, all this crap and they rarely pay a penny just because they
>> >>> were
>> >>> my bosses by then. there should be a limit .making a call to ask for
>> >>> help is
>> >>> okay for me but bringing your laptop  to update your antivirus is too
>> >>> much
>> >>> -for free!!
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Net Caster <madungu@gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi Skunks,
>> >>>> Something has been bothering me for some time now on this list. I
>> >>>> know
>> >>>> many skunks have set up IT businesses and consultancy in areas such
>> >>>> as
>> >>>> web-design, networks, VOIP, software development, support, FOSS
>> >>>> implementation and maintenance etc. Lawyers, doctors, civil
>> >>>> engineers,
>> >>>> realtors, quantity surveyors and plumbers have also registered their
>> >>>> businesses. The one major difference between the techies and the
>> >>>> later group
>> >>>> is that we tend to offer our knowledge, skills and consultancy for
>> >>>> free on
>> >>>> public forums such as Skunkworks. There is a fine thick line between
>> >>>> offering a fellow techie help when stuck and streaming really premium
>> >>>> information to non-techies and thus denying professionals their right
>> >>>> earning. Those of you who have engaged lawyers, realtors and plumbers
>> >>>> recently can attest that nothing is free from the outset.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> While you may have a day job, there are fellow techies who hassle
>> >>>> with
>> >>>> start-ups and can offer these services at a fee. I believe the better
>> >>>> approach is to refer such questions to IT companies we know who offer
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> service/product in question. Come on guys, the techies need to pay
>> >>>> bills,
>> >>>> tax and put food on the table.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I've got lawyer friends who cannot copy-paste that company
>> >>>> incorporation
>> >>>> document for free claiming LSK does not allow them to offer free
>> >>>> service (my
>> >>>> foot). On the other hand, techies would helpfully volunteer
>> >>>> information on
>> >>>> how to google, download and customise IT Policy without asking for a
>> >>>> cent.
>> >>>> Very soon, IT lawyers (they exist, by the way) will start
>> >>>> "developing" IT
>> >>>> Policy at a fee as IT professionals watch.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I think we are our worst enemies and we invite quarks with money to
>> >>>> easily set up and run IT businesses at our expense. In the end it
>> >>>> helps no
>> >>>> one. Not the industry and its growth in competence, professionalism
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> respect. Not the people we think we are helping and not ourselves.
>> >>>> And we
>> >>>> ask why we are treated with disdain in office. Look at the mirror.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Just my opinion. Don't lynch me. Maybe it's just me but am I so off
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> rail?
>> >>>>
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>> >>>
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>> >>
>> >> Phares Kariuki
>> >>
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