Tutorials on a developers site?

Should developers put tutorials on there site?

[Dudermont]

Ok I have always liked giving knowledge back to the community.

I do web development and was going to put some tutorials onto my site about how to do it.

But is that very good.

"Here potential client I can do your site for you...or you can follow my handy tutorials and do it yourself!"

I think it would show then that I am competent (little do they know :) )

[jatar_k]

I think it would depend on what you mean by "my site".

corporate site? no
site used to do business? no
resource site? sure
personal site? sure

it depends on what the tutorials are about and whether, as you mentioned, you would be taking food off of your own table. If they help your clients do things that you don't do for them then that would make sense.

[isitreal]

I've tried that, and have found that client's brains just seem to fog over as soon as something even remotely technical enters their field of vision. And then I get a phone call, talk them through procedure x or y, just like I've done 10 times before.