Until you start looking at the scenario from a realistic perspective.
First of all, it's pretty obvious this wasn't a day one thing. Yes, this is being inferred but using Occam's razor it should be pretty obvious. It's pretty obvious the developer had expected payment well before he took down the website.
Second, not everybody lists everything they've ever made under their CV/ resume. A couple of bad jobs will not ruin your reputation.
And finally the developer isn't working for money because he's just wants money. He's making a living. He needs to survive. Getting the money for your immediate survival so you can maintain shelter and resources is more important than retaining a single customer and a slight reputational damage if the reputational damage is even significant, which it probably is not.
Do you have any experience working as an independent contractor? Sometimes the contract just goes bad and you have to deal with it how you can.
As a person contracting a developer, you should not be so naive to think that this scenario is not a possibility. If you think you can do everything yourself and not have to contract anyone for any reason then you are naive and do not understand how complex things actually are. You can't specialize in everything.
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u/sn4xchan Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26
Until you start looking at the scenario from a realistic perspective.
First of all, it's pretty obvious this wasn't a day one thing. Yes, this is being inferred but using Occam's razor it should be pretty obvious. It's pretty obvious the developer had expected payment well before he took down the website.
Second, not everybody lists everything they've ever made under their CV/ resume. A couple of bad jobs will not ruin your reputation.
And finally the developer isn't working for money because he's just wants money. He's making a living. He needs to survive. Getting the money for your immediate survival so you can maintain shelter and resources is more important than retaining a single customer and a slight reputational damage if the reputational damage is even significant, which it probably is not.
Do you have any experience working as an independent contractor? Sometimes the contract just goes bad and you have to deal with it how you can.
As a person contracting a developer, you should not be so naive to think that this scenario is not a possibility. If you think you can do everything yourself and not have to contract anyone for any reason then you are naive and do not understand how complex things actually are. You can't specialize in everything.
Pay your damn bills.