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Why shoot them down? Ask for money. There's good money to be made in developing ideas that you might not see the value in but someone else does (possibly right
by a3camero 15y ago
Why shoot them down? Ask for money.
There's good money to be made in developing ideas that you might not see the value in but someone else does (possibly rightly!).
- king_magic 15y agoThat's a fair question - however, I'm employed full time and just can't spend all of my free time working on apps, even for money :) But you do have a good point about someone else possibly seeing value... however, many of the ideas I've been approached with are of the form "like Twitter, but for Poker players!" or something similarly silly. The problem I see with these types of projects is that they are typically championed by people who have no real understanding about how software is developed, a la clientsfromhell.net. Those are situations I just don't want to get involved in.
- a3camero 15y agoFair enough but maybe a higher bill rate would change your mind. Quote a high enough price that you're happy to do it. It's a win-win because they'll either leave you alone or pay you lots of money!
- king_magic 15y agoThats a really good point, actually - yeah, that makes sense.
- ZaneClaes 15y agoI think sooner or later most freelancers learn to adjust their prices based upon expectations. Not all clients are created equal, and you have to know how to judge a client for the amount of headache he will eventually cause you. Sad, but true, and it certainly separates the wheat from the chaff.