One "fear" of consulting...

[mjr]

I've heard of quite a few consultants working for minimum wage or less with flat-rate contracts.

I have, too. That's usually because "done" isn't defined, and it's a poorly written contract.

[taxguykarl]

I've heard of quite a few consultants working for minimum wage or less with flat-rate contracts.

[mjr]

It kind of reminds me of this old Dilbert strip:

http://dilbert.com/strip/1994-10-17

[csquared]

I can see low balling the first job for a customer to get in the door (IMO Bad idea. Sets precedence). When the work was done, that should have been it. New job. New fee.

[mjr]

Not surprised. Seen it too many times. There is a sucker born every minute and Sean had a large "S" tattooed on his forehead. Sean may be a good programmer, but he is a bad salesman.

Tell me about it. He really got the short end of the stick, there.

I would have said no from the start (as would most developers). But that's just me. And for him to continue developing when they throw more stuff at him without raising his prices? Nope. That's what my wife would refer to as a "sunk cost". At that point you just say, "I'm sorry, I can't do that for that quoted amount". And you stop work.

[csquared]

Not surprised. Seen it too many times. There is a sucker born every minute and Sean had a large "S" tattooed on his forehead. Sean may be a good programmer, but he is a bad salesman.

[mjr]

Especially "side" consulting. I'm actually surprised the guy in this story agreed to this job...

https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the...aid-consultant