I love everything about this consulting firm: "COBOL Cowboys: not our first rodeo." (A literal quote.) http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-banks-cobol-idUSKBN17C0D8 …
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I think is is also possible, just possible, that they might be one of the few consulting shops that doesn't need to be told Charge More.
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"So your BATNA to this negotiation is 'the bank stops processing transfers for a week' and I'm the last guy who speaks COBOL in town."
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"I think there was a time back in, oh, 2000 or so where you could have solved this problem for only a few hundred thousand in training."
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"Well, I'm sure you had more pressing priorities, and I won't gainsay your business decision there."
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"You're about to tell me to go %(#)% myself aren't you." "Absolutely not; we're about to engage in a mutually beneficial transaction."
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"How much?" "A million a day." "WHAT?" "Ten million if I'm doing it after the servers are down; I hate working when stressed."
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"We can't pay that!" "You're a bank; you're good at finding money. You've paid this before and will pay it again. Cost of doing business."
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sounded like they were only charging $100/hr? Doesn’t seem that high to me (based on consulting/contract rates in LDN UK)
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