Re:Ask HN: How do you handle small web/tech requests from fr...
by maxbrown on Monday February 28, 2011 @05:07PM
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Ah, the age old unpaid service request.
I find this very similar to the designer's issue of spec work in the design community - http://www.no-spec.com/faq/
The best response I've heard to the spec work issue is making an analogy to other service trades. E.g. if you wanted a bathroom in your house re-modeled, would you pay the contractor only if you liked the job he did?
Maybe we could parallel that to this issue - "if my trade was carpentry instead of computer ______, would you feel comfortable asking me to make you wood furniture?"
I find this very similar to the designer's issue of spec work in the design community - http://www.no-spec.com/faq/
The best response I've heard to the spec work issue is making an analogy to other service trades. E.g. if you wanted a bathroom in your house re-modeled, would you pay the contractor only if you liked the job he did?
Maybe we could parallel that to this issue - "if my trade was carpentry instead of computer ______, would you feel comfortable asking me to make you wood furniture?"