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You get this guy, then you make the mistake of looking for projects on angel list and find half the people posting think they can hire engineers for 0 cash. I’v
by dave_sullivan 6y ago
You get this guy, then you make the mistake of looking for projects on angel list and find half the people posting think they can hire engineers for 0 cash. I’ve been told my whole career that I don’t charge enough and yet I have to look hard to find people that pay my rate. Then I check HN to find what an underpaid loser I am. Coffee break over, back to the mines I guess.
- cosmodisk 6y agoWell, people most likely are correct telling you to charge more. Getting clients is part of the job,if it'd be easy, everybody would be doing it.As for $0/h expectations: those people are everywhere.A few month ago spoke to one in my network. I need an app.. what kind of app? Well, not sure yet, but could you recommend someone,who won't rip me off?? Oh my...
- pc86 6y agoHonestly, dealing with these types of clients is why I stopped freelancing/consulting full-time. It's just so mentally exhausting to go through the "I need something affordable, I mean I don't want to pay $800 for an app or something crazy!" (actual quote) even when you qualify them early.
- cosmodisk 6y agoI think what helps early during the qualification process is asking if they've got money. I remember a fully fledged meeting with a whole bunch of people around the table discussing how they'd like the project to look. Eventually,after an hour or so,my manager at the time, asks: have you got budget for this? Emm...emm.. we may.. it's almost there..etc.