#1 really resonates. I really actually like of like working for a less ludicrous rate and doing real work for real people and adding clear value. but the lower

#1 really resonates. I really actually like of like working for a less ludicrous rate and doing real work for real people and adding clear value. but the lower the rate the more headache. the more arguments about billing. the more unpaid favors they try to pile on. the harder the deadlines. the more they insist that somehow they are being cheated. the more likely that their 'project' is really a random assemblage of half-finished stuff from prior developers they pissed off. the more likely they are going to 'pivot' and change the whole engagement or just disappear.