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I spouted something sort of arrogant in a post a while back along the lines of, "If you do the algebra, you'll see that the total cost of the robot after billing out fabrication at a reasonable hourly rate will add up to several thousand dollars."
I guess I never really did any. I suppose nobody else did either, or they would have called me on it. Let's assume 30 unique parts for a major component, of varying complexity, averaging 2 hours each. Since they're making them in batches (at least groups of 4)... these hours could be minimized further. I assume that the average high school student entering a metalworkers union wouldn't be earning much past $20 an hour. The algebra says that's only $1,200 folks. I wouldn't have gripes if they billed out high school kids at $15 an hour either. Do we seriously not want these guys to compete with us this year? If they can keep the total cost of the rest of their robot under $2300... it's fine by me. It's probably in their best interest to document their hours in some way so that it's clear. But if they estimate their hours... are you seriously going to breathe down their necks? Compassion has been lacking on my part, and I'll openly apologize if I've offended anyone. I was reminded of a quote. "If you judge people, you have no time to love them. And if you love people, you have no desire to judge them. Besides, there may come a time when we, too, will find ourselves more in need of love than judgment." - Mother Teresa Back to work... Matt |
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