I'm throwing together 8 years of doing this at 5 places. Some have been retainers, some have been contracts, some have been 2 or 3 different things. Currently i

I'm throwing together 8 years of doing this at 5 places. Some have been retainers, some have been contracts, some have been 2 or 3 different things. Currently it's officially full time pay at 3 days a week with each day being 6 hours. In practice it's more like 15 hours instead of 18. Don't end negotiations during the interview. Open it up again when things change. Engineers aren't great at business and often hand wave it off as if it's unpleasant and impure. That's nonsense. If you're an employee, the business comes first.