Especially side projects can avoid that question, as long as they can stay at the side. I love them for that. (And I also prefer to take either no money or dec

Especially side projects can avoid that question, as long as they can stay at the side. I love them for that. (And I also prefer to take either no money or decent money for jobs for friends and acquaintances. The middle ground just lacks in reward, monetary and in gratefulness.) It's more difficult for something that you have to invest time in heavily to have any form of success. That's when this question has to be answered and might be the most important one.