On 9/15/10 1:36 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1807&tag=nl.e101 > > This is sadly very true and yet very funny in a Dilbert kind of way!!!
I got burned a couple times in 2000, the year I quit my day job and became a freelancer. Ever since then I've stuck to two rules that have served me well: + money upfront before non-trivial work is performed + pay is by the hour, no fixed-price agreements, no exceptions I can't count the number of people that never called me back after finding out my terms, and I'm fine with that. 99% of them wouldn't have been satisfactory relationships anyway. One time I was in a real dry spell (2006-ish) and instead of changing my terms I responded to a head hunter that found me a 2-month-long full-time W2 Python job that paid decently where I made overtime and towards the end they asked me to stay on for another 6 months. I was about to negotiate it when I landed my current consulting gig which has treated me really well. I'll give and take to keep the income flowing, but I'll never again do consulting fixed-price without a deposit. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
