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I was working full time on a side project a week and a half ago, when a former boss approached with a client he couldn’t service who urgently needed a developer

• themodelplumber 7y ago
  You reminded me of a successful animator friend from long ago. He did work for all of the big names in animation, but would never sign a contract. He told them, "if you want me to do the work, let's do this. If you don't treat me well, we're done. If I don't treat you well, it'll be easy to get rid of me." It was a pretty brash style but it matched the kind of breezy guy he wanted to be. There were quite a few contractors during the dot com days that were like this too--I remember some had a policy of hearing "let me explain why your paycheck will be late" and just walking out right then. Others would say, "I'm staying for a while, because I'm living off of money I made 3 months ago." And others would go right to the co-founder or COO or marketing lead and start a new business with them on the spot...something different, but comfortable since they already knew they could work together.
  • gentleman11 7y ago
    You can’t transfer ip without a written contract. I suspect he still owns all the work they bought
    • themodelplumber 7y ago
      It'd be interesting to ask him about that. I suspect his answer would involve some pretty direct comments about how a deal can be done, but I really don't know.