Mentoring An Underpriced Competitor

Grumpy

I'll help anyone who asks me for it. We are only competitors when we are bidding on the same job.

It is hard to pay well and to not cheat and still be competitive unless you are in an incredibly specialized niche.

To your question, are they hacks or under trained? Both maybe. To me a hack is one who doesn't care at all about quality and will do what ever is faster and easier to maximize his profit. In other words a hack will take short cuts. An under trained businessman will still do the job properly but be doing it for too cheap because he doesn't know what he should be charging or doesn't think he can get it.

That hack should be put in jail and that under trained business man should either learn real quick or go work for someone else.