I have been contracting with a company for about a year and a half and am pretty unhappy how the billing/payment cycle works. The system was already in place when I started, but now that I am the sole developer I would like to rethink it, so I wanted to get some feedback how you guys would approach it. Here is the current system: They...
Someone told me that if I sign a contract with an employment agency to do a programming gig, the agency can insert a clause that says essentially "until they get paid, I don't get paid". This worries me because I could go several weeks before I even find out whether I'm going to get any money at all for the work I've done. This is the ...
I have recently written an application on per-contract base for a company. The deal was that they get the binary and the source code - so in case of small changes / improvements they can do it on their own. On the other hand I don't want them to redistribute neither source nor the binaries. As I'm having full trust in the people there w...
What skills are required to work on a temp / contracting basis, and how does a developer know when they are ready to work in these circumstances? I have some colleagues who are suggesting contracting work is 'the way to go'; the pay is significantly better. It appears that when a permanent position pays (X times $1k) per year, the corr...
I've started doing a little freelance web work and I've got to build a site for a client. The client doesn't currently have a hosting service, so either I or they are going to have to set it up. Traditionally, how does this work out? Do I set it up and then transfer ownership to them when I'm done? Do I leave it to them to set it up? If ...
I have an interview coming up where I would be a consultant to a small advertising agency. They crank out web sites for clients using DNN. tTe company owner/ operator asked me what I need in order to run with something and get it done, and eluded to wire frames and a site map. I am more used to having more detailed work and in a full ti...
I'm about to branch out into taking on some contracts on the side. What would be some good questions to ask of a potential client during a first meeting? I've thought of a few things that seem pretty obvious: * What is the project? * What are the deadlines? * What's the budget? * What/how do they want me to deliver the completed work? ...
I operate a small IT consulting firm. One of my clients has expressed an interest in having an ASP.Net programmer on-site at their location for a six-month contract, with an option to hire. I've never really operated my company as a body shop (renting out talent for the long term) and an unfamiliar with how to price my quote. Assume I ...
I have a corp that I'm considering using for my software consulting work. Can people who've had experience with the corp-to-corp setup tell me the difference in pay per hour. ...
Hello, I am in a contract at a certain small startup. This startup used to be of three people only. Me the boss with the bucks and a project manager. The boss was ignorant about the technologies we used and so the project manager. So they came to me for 2 months with weird ideas and I did my best to do something useful with those. After...
Last week I submitted a proposal for update work on a website that I originally wrote 11 years ago. Apparently, the CIO hired college students over those years to maintain the site and now it needs more of a professional touch. I had met with the team, discussed in depth what the site needed and the technologies I would use to do the w...
I've been employed with company X for a number of years and am moving on to company Y. What are the standard items that should be addressed to provide continued contract development/bug-fixing for company X after my 2-weeks notice period? Edit: This is not a request for legal advice, but for development process and contract requirements...
I have been developing professional software for around 15 years and i'm interested in exploring the possibility of working remotely within the USA as a contractor. My experience is broad but mainly in embedded systems, mobile development and graphics. I'm interested to know whether contracting jobs where i could work remotely are common...