Comments on: I’d Be Happy To … For $250 an Hour https://briankoberlein.com/2015/09/16/id-be-happy-to-for-250-an-hour/ Brian Koberlein Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1 By: Stephen Serjeant https://briankoberlein.com/2015/09/16/id-be-happy-to-for-250-an-hour/#comment-3192 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:24:29 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5239#comment-3192 I’m also a professional astronomer. I’m happy to answer these requests provided they can answer questions of mine, eg explain the tensorial nature of the Christoffel Symbols and explain second quantisation. (None have given answers to this yet.) I try to be supportve & not dismissive, and I spell this out in my FAQ: http://physics.open.ac.uk/~sserjeant/faq.txt

]]> By: kcrca https://briankoberlein.com/2015/09/16/id-be-happy-to-for-250-an-hour/#comment-3073 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:59:17 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5239#comment-3073 Be careful. The problem with setting a price is that somebody may accept it…

]]> By: Jpatrick https://briankoberlein.com/2015/09/16/id-be-happy-to-for-250-an-hour/#comment-3072 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:18:21 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5239#comment-3072 If it would unify quantum mechanics and gravity, while explaining dark matter and dark energy, $250 per hr is nothing. The equations would probably show that $250/hr = 0.

That said, here’s a business suggestion. Insist on payment up front.

]]> By: Arturo Gutierrez https://briankoberlein.com/2015/09/16/id-be-happy-to-for-250-an-hour/#comment-3071 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:32:45 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5239#comment-3071 Within the comic/illustration world, this kind of personalized services are called “commissions”. Usually artists have a list of fees for different kinds of work. A portrait is X much, fanart on a famous character X much, original concept art X much, and so son.
So maybe you too can have a list of fees for “science commissions”. X much for reading about your ‘revolutionary’ idea, X much for helping out with the math, and so on.

]]> By: J. https://briankoberlein.com/2015/09/16/id-be-happy-to-for-250-an-hour/#comment-3070 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:53:39 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5239#comment-3070 Pretty reasonable, actually. 250$ an hour for consulting sounds quite cheap when you take into account the level of training.

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