Hello dear readers,

Much has happened since my last entry. We all know that I’ve been working as a freelancer in this big, bad world of ours, and in the past few days I have had a rude awakening: Not all of my clients are truthful and honorable. A client tried to stiff me for about 500 euros, and I reacted by publishing a complaint on a well-known outsourcing page online. Well, you can imagine that the response came quick and that it was a real victimised sort of tirade, but that’s what you get when you don’t pay me on time. Rebuke. I know, I’m vindictive and all that, but I don’t work for free, and only suckers get ripped off. In the future, I will demand at least 20% upon delivery of jobs over 150 euros. I think this fair, and I will make sure my clients know this up front, too. I mean, who wants to work all weekend on a project, write an invoice for 500 euros and then never hear from the client again? At least this way I can cover my basic investment.  Maybe it’s good advice for you, too…