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Trial runs are fine if you get paid for that week regardless. I'd never give up a week for free.

• philsnow 13y ago
  > > Its also been pointed out many times that many employment agreements would forbid this work with another company while employed meaning that you'd have to quit to do the trial period. > Trial runs are fine if you get paid for that week regardless. I'd never give up a week for free. But you would violate an employment agreement (and possibly state/local law, but the whole "doing something that violates an explicit agreement I've made with my current employer" part is what grabs me) ?
  • levosmetalo 13y ago
    Well, if you are a consultant or freelancer, you can do this one week trial run in case it's paid. You can always decline job offer afterwards if it doesn't meet your rates for a long term project.
    • vonmoltke 13y ago
      And for the vast majority of the programming world that is neither, well, we didn't want to hire them anyway?