I was contacted this week by an old acquaintance, and he had a proposition for me. "Hey, I hear you're a programmer! That's great, because my buddy and I have this idea for a business. We have everything important figured out, and all we need is a programmer to throw
  • Mischala@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Hey, could you do your job for free for me during your free time? Because I don’t respect your time.
    Also, I need your skills, but conversely, I believe they are wholely worthless, so I am offering literally nothing in compensation.

    The words of either a sociopath or reality divorced narcissist.

    there isn’t that much to it

    This gets to me soooo hard. If there’s so little to it, why are you talking to a professional?
    Surely your advanced business intellect is enough to bash out this tiny easy program?

    Edit: un-inuendo’ed