I took a contract with a company that had a profitable and almost-working web-based business. They had fired their original developers over a contract dispute.

I took a contract with a company that had a profitable and almost-working web-based business. They had fired their original developers over a contract dispute. He's right about the high demand for maintenance contracts. The majority of my client base comes from this exact story. In fact, you can make a lot of money just finding a bad or prima-dona developer that specializes in the same technologies as you, and cleaning up the wake of destruction they create.