[AccessD] freelancing job sites (OT Reply)

Since I charge user license fees (in place of Maintenance fees) I don't fire
clients.  I change the parameters of how I'll work with them, but I don't
threaten to leave.  For example, at one meeting a DBA 'took over' the
meeting, hadn't read the material I had sent out to begin with, and wasted
an hour of 6 people's time.  Not to mention two hours driving for me.  I
sent my contacts an email stating that I would not work with or meet with
that person again, and they never asked me to.

Dan

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 1:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] freelancing job sites (OT Reply)

A critical skill in the freelancing world is learning how to fire customers.
The moment they become a PITA is the time to fire them. This includes
outrageous demands (can't you just make it do this too, for free?) to late
payments to aggravating meetings. Call me a curmudgeon but I don't have
enough time left on this planet to deal with such crap. The first moment I
see a bad sign, I fire the client.

A.
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