It does actually matter because you're paying for the clicks. I, for one, sure as hell don't want to be paying for bullshit clicks even if I still make a profit.

yeah, it gets frustrating when you're bombarded with calls by them as well as those PPI/whatever robocalls.

I've cancelled my donations to several charities because of their harassment and their pushiness makes me wonder if they are actually using their money on the people they're claiming to help :/

In many cases, they aren't: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-red-cross-raised-...

This doesn't surprise me. Back in about 2002 the company i worked for built a shitty intranet for a major high street charity in the UK. Cost them £100,000...

I'm in the wrong job... :p

Everyone's in the right job. You just have to find customers who don't know how much everyone else charges :)

Haha, cynical but true. Reminds me of this: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Free-State-govt-We-pa... (R40m is ~$3,211,291)

Wow now that's special!

>:(

Oh, such a weird argument coming from Hacker News, the libertarianism haven.

Well, to clarify (seeing how I can't edit my post) - if I was in OP's position that's what my concern would be. As I live in the UK I'd have to be careful about hosting things like BDSM pictures as the porn laws here are rather retarded.

I figured. I was just wondering the downvotes with no clarifications. (I don't care about the votes themselves, but I wanted to know what other people thought)

Hah, #1, #4, and #5 happened at my very first job. I was young and naive.

Yeah, it does sound weird but it does happen in the UK :)

>But once "thank you" is said, most people awkwardly respond with "ah", because there's no phrase in the language for "you're welcome".

In London I've noticed that instead of saying, "you're welcome" people prefer to say "no worries", which is far more casual. I don't know why that phrase started to be used but if I had to give a guess I'd say that it was out of awkwardness because there wasn't a less formal/personal response to use.

There are different degrees of gratitude you're expressing with a "thank you":

- Thanking for an ordinary action, i.e. after buying something at a shop: no answer.

- Thanking for something that didn't cost me very much, i.e. lending £20 to a friend: I usually answer with "no worries (mate)".

- Thanking for something that cost me in some way (time, money, effort), i.e. helping pushing a stranger's car on the street: "You're welcome".

I've heard Australians say "no worries" (often with a trailing "mate") a lot. I always thought it originated there.

As an Australian I can say that "no worries" is very common here (ocker). It has a bit of an ambiguous meaning as it implies that the person saying thank you didn't really need to, but at the same time it is a means of acknowledging that you recognise and appreciate the thank you.

Mysterious Cities of Gold? Damn, twp, you just hit me hard in the nostalgia :)

Happened to me a few years back but I caught it early on and quit before it became really fucking bad. Still, it's not a 'pit' I'd like to fall into again.

What city are you in? It really depends on your location. For example, I'm in London and when I started contracting I simply uploaded my CV to a job site and my phone exploded with calls from recruiters because the demand for contractors here is so high.

Which site lead to most high-quality leads? The most common freelancing sites just seem like a race to the bottom, competing only on price with developers in developing countries (heh)

For me it's http://www.jobsite.co.uk. The contracts are onsite, normally 3-6 months, sometimes rolling. Devs are popular with digital media agencies because the projects are short term. However, I don't know how in-demand devs are. Sysadmins/devops with automation and cloud experience are though.

If you use a recruiter then under UK law you have to sign up with an umbrella agency or run your own limited company as they aren't allowed to work with sole proprietors.

Currently Warwick Uni, I'll be moving back to London though. Any chance you can share what site it was on?

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/ Are you focusing on dev or ops? Don't really know how in-demand devs are right now but sysadmin/devops guys (esp with cloud and automation experience) are. If you want to go the contracting route then the contracts are on-site so you aren't competing with people in India, etc. Also, if you go through a recruiter (highly recommended) then by law you'll have to join an umbrella company or start your own limited company (not a sole proprietary)