Well, if he's paying you to do the job, than it doesn't matter if you have something or nothing "to show for it" in the end. Your paycheck and way to make some

Well, if he's paying you to do the job, than it doesn't matter if you have something or nothing "to show for it" in the end. Your paycheck and way to make some type of living helps with that. If he can afford to keep paying you, whether he fails or not, is on him. I thought you were business partners, but if not, than it is his own risk, not really yours.