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Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me
Mike Monteiro's CreativeMornings talk on getting paid for creative and freelance work, covering contracts, working with lawyers, and refusing to work for free. It is delivered with blunt humor.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN regulars send freelancers and consultants to it whenever clients don't pay or contracts come up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CreativeMornings HQ
- Topic
- freelancing and getting paid
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 12
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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You really need to watch this (very famous) talk by Mike Monteiro, called "Fuck You, Pay Me": [VIDEO] Especially the section where his attorney starts talking (at about 7:20).
thaumaturgy on Hacker News · 2016-11
In Freelance Isn't Free Act Passes in NYCPlease watch this: Fuck You, Pay Me: [VIDEO] The $1250 I spent once to have a business attorney draft up a template for my services agreement is the best $1250 I ever spent in the past 7 years. That $1250 makes me money , because …
MrFoof on Hacker News · 2016-11
In Freelance Isn't Free Act Passes in NYCI watched this video from Mike Monteiro and I always refer to it since. It's about getting paid for the work you do. [VIDEO]
Improvotter on Hacker News · 2019-06
In I didn't get paid, so I open-sourced my client’s project
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