contract "Send me your standard contract or the company I consult through has an MSA and we'll attach my mini-proposal as a SOW." sample contract Varies wide

contract "Send me your standard contract or the company I consult through has an MSA and we'll attach my mini-proposal as a SOW." sample contract Varies widely based on your locality. In Japan it's literally shorter than this post is. In the US most of the ones I've seen are 2~3 pages long and most explicit about IP assignment, for the obvious reason. resume I'm sufficiently well-known to decisionmakers at my clients that the conversation is generally more about what I can do for them than where I went to school or what the exact name of my previous employers were. city I live in Ogaki but work across Japan, the US, and (very occasionally) Europe. big biz vs. startups Software companies with $10 to $50 million in revenue is sort of the sweet spot for me: ability to pay like megacorps, agility/relative-lack-of-process-BS akin to startups. on-site or remote First engagements are probably 90% on-site, existing relationships closer to 50/50.