Cut down 2 months to 2-3 weeks and your offer will pass for a reasonable probation period, albeit free to the hiring company. Alternatively, and this is more in

Cut down 2 months to 2-3 weeks and your offer will pass for a reasonable probation period, albeit free to the hiring company. Alternatively, and this is more in line with what others are saying, - say "free 2-3 weeks of probation period and then pay me for this time if we continue working together." I am just looking at this whole situation from employer's perspective, and the ability to test a developer for few weeks (and not needing to pay if he does not work out) is a really attractive proposition. On the other hand I would not consider dealing with a dev who's ready to work completely for free. Based on my past experience such devs are either seriously underqualified (and through that unreliable and require lots of mentoring and hand-holding) or they would gear down and slack if the project is not truly interesting for them. The money factor serves as a retainer and the conditional payment works as an incentive. Think about it ;)