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How should one pay for employees' publications? [closed]
Suppose a company wants to encourage employees to publish articles, blogposts, participate in community discussions.
Let us not consider the pure-rhetorical ways of encouragement ("Guys, you'll be so ...
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Charging for a project where you retain the IP for the end product
I have read up on quite a few of these questions asked on here regarding "how much should I charge for..." such as:
How should I charge for programming things which take two minutes to fix?
How much ...
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How long should I provide free updates for my shareware - per version, per year, or forever?
I will release my first shareware soon and I'm wondering for how long should a paying user be entitled to free updates. I can think of three options:
You buy a version then all the updates are free ...
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Payment Gateway similar to PayPal Website Payments Pro
Can anyone recommend a payment gateway and processing company that functions similar to PayPal's Website Payments Pro? We cannot use it because we are barred from it for the time being.
I already ...
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Should I be paid for time spent learning a framework?
To give light to the situation: I am currently one of two programmers working in a small startup software company. Part of my job requires me to learn a Web development framework that I am not ...
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I Quit my job but took back my resignation during the notice period… Did I made a mistake? [closed]
Inspired after reading an article from Lifehacker, I would like to explain, what I went through few weeks back.
I am currently working for an MNC in India for the last 4.5 years and on the 14th of ...
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Recommended Payment Schedule for Freelance Development
I've been a freelance developer for many years and am setting up a system designed to attract clients through one of my developer websites.
If successful, these would be clients I do not know, and ...
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How can I implement an escrow payment system in my website?
I'd like to build a web service similar to kickstarter that allows users to pledge money to an idea, tho I'm unsure how I can implement this kind of payment system. If the the idea receives a ...
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Interfacing the payment systems
I'm a complete newbie to using online payment systems for web projects, and can't really think of where to start. Let's assume that web system in question needs to generate some income online, and the ...
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I need advice on how to best handle an e-commerce situation
I recently moved to Brazil and started a small subscription based service company. The payment gateway market is under-developed in Brazil, and implementing a local solution is too expensive for me.
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How to process payments for a software (activation code)?
I want to sell software online and I need an easy to implement payment processing system. What I'm actually going to be selling is an activation code (one per purchase) that would activate the trial ...
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Are performance and salary reviews *really* harmful?
In the second edition of PeopleWare, DeMarco and Lister suggest that annual performance and salary reviews foster teamicide because they encourage competition within the team. Spolsky re-iterates this ...
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What is Android's payment system like?
I've heard that Apple pays the developers in lump sums (I forget how often) for their app downloads. My question is does Google work the same way with Android? If not, how do they operate their ...
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How much can I charge for this a little job? [closed]
I started doing freelancing. I got my first job to create a set of reports. The business team has provided me with the sample reports and also some sample codes. My job is to query the database and ...
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Why is it so hard to get people to pay for software? [closed]
Where I come from software is considered something you can get for free (same goes for movies, etc.) The willingness not to pay for software is quite strong. It is putting me off, that people would ...
