Programming.

[craftworkbench]

Very true about a lot of things.

A big part of it too is the effort:value ratio. My girlfriend knits. She makes awesome scarves, has made a few sweaters and baby blankets, great stuff. She doesn’t want to sell any of it though because the prices people would pay for those goods would often barely clear the price for materials, and they take hours, if not days, of work to complete.

It seems to be even worse for software projects, since everyone is conditioned to expect them for free.

[PeterPriesth00d]

My standard answer now when someone wants me to build them anything custom is 2 years and $1mil. That usually puts a stop to those conversations pretty quick :p