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12-19-2010, 02:06 AM
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It's pretty much like paying the plumber to fix a leak, the electrician to install something, or the mechanic to fix your car. You just don't really care about that stuff, and therefore you'd rather pay someone else to do it instead because it's simply not worth your time or the hassle. Those are service jobs. Freelancing your programming skills are the same thing. You're providing a service, a specialty, in something that you enjoy doing for people who don't enjoy doing it and are willing to pay you to do the job.

While yes, they might be veered towards the "one click" stuff, you would obviously know that it most likely will not solve all, if any, of their problems. That's where your salesmen experience comes in. This is a crucial element of freelancing and you should be somewhat skilled in that region. If the potential client won't budge, simply hand them a business card and say "Call me if you need something tailored for your needs" or something like that.

People like doing their own thing, and they hired you then they hired you for a reason. Let one-click stuff be, they only fulfill a niche market anyways, but your job isn't dying any time soon. In fact, it's growing at an exploding rate.

Also: programmers are needed to develop a "one-click install" solution anyways.