I will work for free on your Ruby project
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I will work for free on your Ruby project
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Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#2>Because I believe that Ruby is a powerful tool that can help you achieve your goals in record time, and I want to help you make the most of it.
No, you're doing 5 hours free so you can get people into the start of your sales funnel, after which you'll attempt to sell them the paid service. Even if it may be a good worthwhile service, the dishonesty is a hard stop for me and many others.
Just say it's like a free trial and if people want even more out of it, there's a paid version with more hours/features. Just be honest man.
Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#3I admire the passion, but it seems ominous, and some might even say underhanded; obviously it's not simply 'free' work, but a 'free trial' and marketing. But work for 'free' also pulls the rug from under competitors - they will also have to offer free work, if they can.
There really are very few ruby/rails jobs/contracts going at the moment.
But ominous because in the bigger picture, perhaps the next step after working for free, will be that you have to pay to indulge your passion on real projects. Like many other hobbies I guess.
Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#4>Because I believe that Ruby is a powerful tool that can help you achieve your goals in record time, and I want to help you make the most of it. No, you're doing 5 hours free so you can get people into the start of your sales funnel, after which you'll attempt to sell them the paid service. Even if it may be a good worthwhile service, the dishonesty is a hard stop for me and many others. Just say it's like a free tri…
Doesn't seem completely unreasonable to me that this person is going to spend 5 hours a month pro bono on a few projects with no attachments or sales hustle. Do you have evidence that they are being disingenuous? You're accusing them of being dishonest.
Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#5I admire the passion, but it seems ominous, and some might even say underhanded; obviously it's not simply 'free' work, but a 'free trial' and marketing. But work for 'free' also pulls the rug from under competitors - they will also have to offer free work, if they can. There really are very few ruby/rails jobs/contracts going at the moment. But ominous because in the bigger picture, perhaps the next step after worki…
> There really are very few ruby/rails jobs going at the moment.
What is your source for the number of ruby/rails jobs at the moment?
Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#6I admire the passion, but it seems ominous, and some might even say underhanded; obviously it's not simply 'free' work, but a 'free trial' and marketing. But work for 'free' also pulls the rug from under competitors - they will also have to offer free work, if they can. There really are very few ruby/rails jobs/contracts going at the moment. But ominous because in the bigger picture, perhaps the next step after worki…
> There really are very few ruby/rails jobs going at the moment. What is your source for the number of ruby/rails jobs at the moment?
please tell me where I should be looking to find plenty...
Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#7I admire the passion, but it seems ominous, and some might even say underhanded; obviously it's not simply 'free' work, but a 'free trial' and marketing. But work for 'free' also pulls the rug from under competitors - they will also have to offer free work, if they can. There really are very few ruby/rails jobs/contracts going at the moment. But ominous because in the bigger picture, perhaps the next step after worki…
It seems more like they're replacing 5+ hours of business development activities with ~5 hours of coding.
Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#8>Because I believe that Ruby is a powerful tool that can help you achieve your goals in record time, and I want to help you make the most of it. No, you're doing 5 hours free so you can get people into the start of your sales funnel, after which you'll attempt to sell them the paid service. Even if it may be a good worthwhile service, the dishonesty is a hard stop for me and many others. Just say it's like a free tri…
Doesn't seem completely unreasonable to me that this person is going to spend 5 hours a month pro bono on a few projects with no attachments or sales hustle. Do you have evidence that they are being disingenuous? You're accusing them of being dishonest.
He's not being disingenuous. He said that he would work 5 free hours. Its not his obligation to provide you a detailed outline of all his intentions.
Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#9>Because I believe that Ruby is a powerful tool that can help you achieve your goals in record time, and I want to help you make the most of it. No, you're doing 5 hours free so you can get people into the start of your sales funnel, after which you'll attempt to sell them the paid service. Even if it may be a good worthwhile service, the dishonesty is a hard stop for me and many others. Just say it's like a free tri…
Doesn't seem completely unreasonable to me that this person is going to spend 5 hours a month pro bono on a few projects with no attachments or sales hustle. Do you have evidence that they are being disingenuous? You're accusing them of being dishonest.
> Is there a reason you're so certain that they are being disingenuous?
Well, for starters because 5 hours/month amounts to almost nothing in any non trivial project.
I am not saying this is dishonesty or a scam, I think it is a legitimate way of marketing your services. But I would be the fool if I thought that there would be no followup.
Re: I will work for free on your Ruby project
#10>Because I believe that Ruby is a powerful tool that can help you achieve your goals in record time, and I want to help you make the most of it. No, you're doing 5 hours free so you can get people into the start of your sales funnel, after which you'll attempt to sell them the paid service. Even if it may be a good worthwhile service, the dishonesty is a hard stop for me and many others. Just say it's like a free tri…
I haven’t heard of a trial that renews every month…