Great article. I think the one hook in here for me was: This is about being a professional, and being treated as a professional. One of the big things that has

Great article. I think the one hook in here for me was: This is about being a professional, and being treated as a professional. One of the big things that has helped me is to include a clause in my contract that says "I'll deliver code when final payment is received." This mitigates a lot of trouble and usually helps to secure payment a lot quicker. The only caveat on this is that for client's whom I've developed a relationship with, I tend to ship code before final payment with a net fifteen window on the invoice.