Mike Monteiro - "Fuck you pay me" (PT Br)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended to freelancers and consultants as practical advice on contracts and getting paid.
What it is
Mike Monteiro's Creative Mornings talk "Fuck You, Pay Me" with his lawyer Keith Levine, on contracts, scope creep and making sure designers and freelancers get paid. This copy has Portuguese subtitles.
Recommended by 6 HN commenters across 5 different months, 2013 to 2017.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec agibsonccc · 2017-01 · on “RethinkDB Postmortem”
I'll attempt to add to this. I might be stating things that are a bit controversial here. 1 thing we are always transparent with users about is how our business model works. 1 of my favorite videos on the internet about this is [1]. We are very much based on closed source for making revenue. This has actually helped with our community a lot. We are basically focused on closed source solutions for specific verticals. The only way to get clients to pay is to make something more efficient or don't open source/core it. For open source companies there is always a trade off of community vs customers. You have to find a hard line and stick to it. Community is great, but most of those people won't w
Recommends CodeMage · 2013-11 · on “An understated job advertisement”
Oh, okay. I guess that makes it all right, then. I would like to suggest watching the following talk by Mike Monteiro: [this video]
Recommends dredmorbius · 2015-05 · on “Ask HN: Getting stressed out moonlighting”
Mike Monteiro - "Fuck you pay me" [this video] See his comments on contracts, starting generally at 7m 20s Scope creep is included. Renegotiate. It's a new project.
Recommends kefka · 2016-11 · on “Don’t Sign That Non-Disclosure Agreement Yet”
There's your first problem. You had a shitty contract that isn't paying you for billable hours. If you quit paying me, or on net 30, you will pay for the work I've done. And if you don't, I'll take your ass to court. "Fuck you, pay me." Very relevant video: [this video]
Recommends vlod · 2016-11 · on “Don’t Sign That Non-Disclosure Agreement Yet”
It's from: Mike Monteiro - "Fuck you pay me" talk. Here's a link to the relevant bit in the video: [this video] I would however, recommend the whole vid.
Recommends redbeard0x0a · 2017-03 · on “Ask HN: How do I start my own consulting firm?”
There are a lot of things that you need to do to start your own consulting firm. One of those things to do needs to be: * Watch this video: [this video]
Cites finkin1 · 2017-03 · on “Ask HN: How do I start my own consulting firm?”
I manage a 2-person remote design and development team that seems similar to yours. We all got started doing individual freelance work, and then we raised some money as a team to pursue building our own software product. When we ran out of money, we went back to individual freelancing. We decided to actually start a consulting firm when we landed a big client that required combining all of our skills. We still actually operate with individual S-Corps which contract with our consulting firm LLC, which we own equally. Sometimes we still do individual freelance work outside of our firm. You may want to talk to a CPA about the best way to set things up for your particular goals. - Look for proje