Steinmetz retired from GE for a faculty position at Union College in Schenectady, but GE still called him back now and then as a consultant to solve difficult problems. Once, while troubleshooting a malfunctioning apparatus, Steinmetz painstakingly traced the problem to the element that wasn't working, and then marked it with chalk. When he submitted a bill for $10,000 (more than $100,000 in today's money), GE asked him to itemize the charges.
He sent them this invoice:
Making chalk mark: $1
Knowing where to place it: $9,999
How to write a bill...
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Was reading Wired's "This day in tech" (http://www.wired.com/science/discoverie ... ntech_0129) and I love the final paragraph...
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Re: How to write a bill...
Yep. That's pretty damn true of many industries - you aren't paying for the hard labour, you're paying for the experience and knowledge.
Otherwise you'd have done it yourself, right?
Otherwise you'd have done it yourself, right?
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Re: How to write a bill...
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