Profile picture
Patrick McKenzie @patio11
, 5 tweets, 1 min read Read on Twitter
This is how many developers think contracts work. Notably, most businesses do *not* think that this is how contracts work. This is why contracts are drafted carefully by professionals and are really effing expensive.
I would ordinarily cite a comment on HN but I have a strict no shaming policy; take it as "a conveniently copy/pastable example of a very common flawed belief in the developer community."
Free professional output is available from many people, including yours truly, and it does exactly what it says on the tin, not what you might wished it did. That second thing? That's called a "deliverable." You can ask for it to be specified in a Statement of Work.
You can feel free to ask any professional for a rough estimate on what number they will write on a Statement of Work; many will happily indicatively quote you. If I were not full-time employed, my last number would have been $30k per week.
You don't have to like that number. You don't have to agree with that number. You just have to convince the people who control the money at your company to promise to pay that number before you have any moral claim to assign work to me.
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Patrick McKenzie
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member and get exclusive features!

Premium member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year)

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!