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At times, it feels like, the more someone is paying you, the more they will respect you. Don't work for free unless they have a good respect for you otherwise y
by pkaye 11y ago
At times, it feels like, the more someone is paying you, the more they will respect you. Don't work for free unless they have a good respect for you otherwise you will be used. My own experience was trying to help out two non-profits with some IT work and they ask you for the world and treat you like shit.
- hessenwolf 11y agoHe who works for free, never gets thanked, as a wizened truck driver once told me. Your work and your input will not be respected without a consideration.
- aantix 11y agoSpot on. The higher I push my rates, the more respect I get. It's been a surprising finding coming from a programmer that came from a pretty broke family. But it gives me courage to constantly push my rates higher and higher. Courage in that single negotiation moment seems to generate professional respect that even great work doesn't generate. "Here's my rate. It's non-negotiable. <blank, cold stare accompanied by dead silence until the client decides to speak>" I've always found this list incredibly useful when preparing to negotiate with a potential new contract. http://note.liudas.eu/v1/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Negotiation.pdf http://note.liudas.eu/v1/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Negotiat... In an age of where an half-way descent engineer is thrown a job offer, you should be able to generate enough leads to continuously try out new rates. Prepare like hell for the negotiation. Know their favorite sports team. Know that they graduated with honors from Caltech. Tell them exactly how you're going to help their company, unapologetically give them your rate, and then be absolutely quiet waiting for their response. "First person to talk always loses", so STFU. Don't flinch.