[Beijing website production] freelance programmer: let them sue me

That was 1998, when the Internet economy broke out. I am 22 years old, a freelance programmer, engaged in website development in New York. The first customer I charged him $1400, and the second customer gave me $5400. The next income was $24000. I clearly remember these figures - it was the largest cheque I had ever seen.

Then I wrote a program worth 340000 dollars to help an online retailer improve their website. At that time, I worked with five full-time programmers (all working at my home), which was also a big expense. The customer agreed to this plan, but they asked me to sign a contract - everything seemed normal. ( Beijing website production )

That's all right. I sent the contract to my lawyer. She made some changes and sent them to the customer. Then the customer made some modifications and sent them back to my lawyer. This went back and forth for about a month. I have no experience. I think that's the way to do business.

Unable to deal with the terms of my contract, the customer finally abandoned me and adopted someone else's scheme.

damn.

But I was lucky that another big customer knocked at the door. A large company of the world's top 500 needs an e-commerce website. I wrote a plan of 4 million dollars (wow, this Internet economic boom...). The customer accepted and gave me a contract to sign.

This time, I didn't send it to my lawyer, but to my father, an old entrepreneur.

"Just sign," Dad said calmly.

"But there are all kinds of maddening clauses in it!" I replied. "It says that if things are not done well, I will personally bear legal responsibility! It says that if they are not completed within the time limit, I will compensate for the losses!" and so on.

"Just sign," he said.

"But what if something goes wrong? What if the website goes down? What if I don't finish on time? What if...?"

"Do you think these things will happen?" he asked.

"Probably not. But what if?"

"Do you know what to do then?" he said. "Tell them, 'Go and sue me.'"

Dad is right. They paid for my next project, and things went smoothly. No one was prosecuted.

Later, I need to hire a full-time programmer. I am very upset, because my savings are only enough to pay his salary for two months, unless I can find the next customer as soon as possible.

"Think about it in two months," Dad said.

He has worked for me for several years.

I have benefited a lot from this completely risk-free approach. People say entrepreneurs are explorers. I think I am too lazy and careless to fully understand this risk.

I like this way of doing things.

I don't know what inspiration this can give you.

label: Professional website construction