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That's a very valid statement, but at the same time you have to be prepared for it if you plan to be a contractor anyway.

You need your own agreements. You need somebody to review agreements presented to you. If there are IP concerns you need to have clear legal language present around that as well.

To get there, it's worth it to network in attorney circles. It's well worth it.



Yeah, it absolutely surprises me the number of people who will work with custom contracts and don't even know the name of a lawyer.

It's one thing if you're signing the bog-standard real estate deal paperwork, it's another if you're doing custom contracts related to work.


> It's one thing if you're signing the bog-standard real estate deal paperwork

There are no standard contracts, and there are especially no standard contracts you're signing for the first time.

I have a 'custom' contract with a company I work for and it's 4 pages long and easy to understand.




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