flying_colours

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by flying_colours 4y ago
GREAT idea on the teaching part!!!!! I don't mind teaching in general, but I love the idea of asking them first to pay for a book or something before teaching starts!!!
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Ohh I think it's cause I'e been in some many of these situations so maybe they're telling me to wake up. But ye painful :( I really dislike the charging part :( I'm learning :( Thanks again to the wonderful HN community!
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Yeess! Same with my "good" friends! If I do help, they always insist and insist and nag they need to repay me through any means. My friends are fine. The issue is interacting with strangers :(
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Thanks :)) Hmmm true - I need to think more. Especially on pricing - depending on what needs to be done, I guess I'll charge differently. But ye I agree I should stop appeasing to others and reflect on what I want.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
True - we'll I'm gonna try declining next time
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Ye teaching is fun :)) The issue is when people start asking for "custom" solutions. COntracting hmm - I was hoping to maybe turn our services into a startup though maybe I'm not cut out for it.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
OOO thanks!!!!! I'll defs read both :))) Thanks for the kind words as well :)
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Nahhh I'm super down to help. General help is fine. I block out Fridays for general help - copying Adam Grant's friday blocking method for givers. But I get sad when they expect me to help them more and more and more and more. Pro
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Well I don't consider those people my friends anymore. I don't think they ever feel guilty thats the issue. Even when I'm near them and they probably can see me, they tout it as theirs. Hmm I doubt I can change them - I'
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Ye I'm on a seesaw still :(. I'm happy to help, but only if I want to. On stuff I don't, then I need to flatout learn to make them pay for my time.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
lolllll!! Well I don't mind helping my family and friends :)) They rarely ask since, but if they do, they're super nice about it!
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Ye it was originally GPL, but I got messaged from some super large company I used to work for to change it to BSD, so I changed it. Anyways the package will get a makeover, so I'm switching to the AGPL 3 licnese - heard that was good f
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Agreed on pricing - I'm gonna try everyone's suggestions when I next chat to people.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Partially. A big issue is cause its open source, they feel like I should give it away fro free.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Well not all for free. It depends. I can't detect it yet, but the "good" people first talk about payment before I even mention it.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Oh yep ur right! Higher it is :))
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Oh my contracts - I definitely need to have contracts ready. Plus I need to add penalties, late fees yikes. Sorry to hear about your situation though - hmm the director's father passing sounds uhhh suspicious.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Yee some of my friends told me to just mention "what's your budget" then chat billing.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Ye I'm gonna say no next time if I see they dont wanna pay.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Oh thanks a bunch! :)) Greatly appreciated!! I'll keep you on my remember list :)) But I guess I won't ask you for help most likely since I'm not the type :)) I was already hesitating if I should ask HN about my issues, but s
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Hmmm maybe I should directly ask them "how would this benefit me?"
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Yikes! True - it depends on timing :) I did have some urgent stuff - I'm so dumb to not charge :( Oh well
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Ye I agree on walking away - I'm gonna try doing this to future people. If I find they just want stuff for free, I'll just try cut to the chase.
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Agreed on there are no friends in business. Yeee there are some I find who are really nice. I'm already trying, and with somewhat success I'm declining. I just need to fix up my speed of declining. But ye I need to explain how I&#
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Yee more than happy to help friends :)) They feel guilty asking so that's fine. Some get annoying, so that's when I know they're using me. The worst is when I answer their Qs, help them, then they ghost me. I'm really co
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Ohhh np on the book title :)) That kinda reminds me of the Giver / Taker / Matcher types. Like I don't mind giving, but it depends on what the person does with my help. If it's for profit generation, that's really n
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Oh my I didn't expect all the comments!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much to the HN Family!!!!!!
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Hmm on therapy - I most likely have ADD but I'm not 100% sure. I tend to not concentrate very well. I do know people have said I'm enthusiastic, loud, hyper, sometimes even on drugs (but I'm 100% not). I'm happy my famil
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Yeee I'm trying - I'm chatting with like people on our services since it's part of a startup. The issue I have is going from discussing about the project and how we can do it, to the money step. Like say we make X 50% more ef
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by flying_colours 4y ago
Oh I'll check the book out :)) Thanks a lot :))

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