It is true that I do not have much contracting experience. And I am probably naive about all the things that can go wrong. Because of this and due to Isaac's comments, I will retract my comment that because a contractor has had several non-paying clients that the contractor is at fault.
On the other hand, I will uphold my belief that there is two sides (maybe even more, if there are other middle-men or vendors at play) to the story. I'm not saying that a list is necessarily a bad idea. What I am saying, and what I would encourage every other developer to do, is take that list with a grain of salt. Heh, if I was approached by a client that I knew had the worst reputation on the dead-beat list, I would probably ask them about it straight up. But I would not immediately rule them out until I felt I had both (all) sides of the story. As for a union, who knows, maybe it is a good idea. It would take a bit more dissatisfaction than the few on this list before it would happen. I know there are a lot of developers that have been burned, but are probably quite satisfied overall. I also will uphold my belief that getting some help on contracts and communication with clients is always a good idea. Just like always trying to expand and improve your programming skill, even the experienced contractors should keep learning how to better deal with clients. My humble opinions, Matt Williams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3627 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
