this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2025
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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As a bit of a programmer, they're telling me they want a marketplace where instead of paying proactively for my time and advice, they come to me only after everything is 100% on fire?

Let's do this.

I assure my prices will be quite reasonable, for the situation.

Incidentally, what's everyone's favorite supercar?

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

Crassus as a Service

[–] vivi@slrpnk.net 33 points 1 month ago

as a senior, i think i would have to be given 5x pay before i would remotely consider this

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Turkey has a big opportunity here to corner the market for non-mechanical turks

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago