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Re:Hex, Lies and Startups by jonathanwallace on Friday August 09, 2013 @10:14AM (#6185748)
One constant piece of advice I give to people starting out in IT and software development, never work for free.
Re:Hex, Lies and Startups by xradionut on Friday August 09, 2013 @11:20AM (#6186171)
Including "friends and family". (Except for OSS and local user group training...)

Family? Yes, family. I only do free computer work for my spouse and her mom. No one else. Any siblings, aunt's, uncles, neighbors, etc... get the standard look of stupidity and are referred to my cousin who will charge them, but does good work.

Re:Hex, Lies and Startups by solistice on Saturday August 10, 2013 @04:24AM (#6190442)
This is for designers, but does it feel familar? http://vimeo.com/22053820
Re:Hex, Lies and Startups by chris_wot on Monday August 12, 2013 @10:18AM (#6199289)
Ha! The gentleman who never paid me because he was full of excuses, once bemoaned a client not paying him. And he posted this to his Facebook profile. The irony was not lost on me.