That’s it. FUPS is a frequency measurement of the rate at which an AI produces “fuckups” per second, where a “fuckup” is defined as an individual non-unique production error that has a measurable negative impact on society.
I do not perceive transactional relationships as a tragedy. It's the best feedback loop there is.
You achieve the goals that are aligned with the business - business pays you.
I've been a contractor for 10 years and never took a dollar unless the goal is achieved. Ended up getting full-time position as a head of engineering hefty compensation by one of my clients.
no training on API as well. I integrated it with Telegram over a year ago. For convenience rather than for cost savings. Been paying $2 per month on average ever since. And "No training on your data" is included.
Usually, they find you ;-) I’m only slightly kidding here.
This is a very crowded market and if you can avoid working with them it’s probably best to do so (for pretty much the same reasons as is avoiding working with Upwork).
There are a few really good ones but most of them just try to sell developer hours as a commodity.
Where you can find the good ones depends a lot on where you’re located. There are freelancer forums (on LinkedIn, for example) where recruiters usually advertise new projects.
I found a good one who has contacts with some big companies. Usually the contracts are between 3 months and 1 year. I worked with them on and off since 2006.
But I agree. It’s a crowded market. I stopped answering people who contact me on LinkedIn - usually they can’t help me.
I would say this is the most effective way for me to get jobs since I don’t have a sales department to sell my services to big companies. I kind of out sourced the sales part, you could say.
