“You know, we are a small company that is trying hard to stay on top even during this economic crisis”.

I wanna die. NOW. WHY? WHY?

What’s that supposed to mean? If you are asking for a consultation and all, do NOT start the conversation in this way, with me at least.

Because if you start with that statement, you set a level of “I don’t know how much I can ask for my work” or “maybe it’s too much?” that is UNHEALTHY.

And even if I accept to be underpaid, the relationship started with the wrong attitude. Because I put my passion on the projects, and I’m still learning a lot of stuff, and if you are talking about “I don’t have a lot of money to spend on this” rather than “I wanna trust you, let’s do something great together!”, you are wrong.

Why are you saying that? In case what you offer it’s not much, I’m gonna say “no”…no worries.

Are you saying that to protect yourself? That’s sad.

Let me judge the money thing. But do your work and tell me the cool shit we can do together, otherwise you already lost me.