u/Aleafar87

I work in big tech and the language my managers use makes me want to pull my hair out.

I wrote a quick DOM-parsing Chrome extension. Anytime a webpage or email renders the phrase "circle back", it automatically replaces it with "ignore this for now". "Synergize" becomes "combine". "Take this offline" becomes "stop talking to me".

Reading my company's internal Confluence pages with this turned on is the funniest thing ever.

Freelancers and solo-devs are generally terrified of confrontation. They will let a toxic client

scope-creep them to death just to avoid sending a harsh email.

I’m validating a service where you hire me to be your "Account Manager" for a single day. You

give me a temporary email address at your domain. I step in, send the highly professional (but

firm) break-up email, handle the offboarding, send the final invoice, and lock them out of the

Figma files.

I charge $100 per firing. I get to be the bad guy, the client thinks you just hired a strict manager,

and you get your peace of mind back. Is this crazy or would you pay for this?

Buying books by the foot based on spine color is already a thing in interior design. I just

pivoted the model for WFH tech bros who want to look intellectual on Zoom calls.

I go to estate sales and buy thick, boring, highly academic-looking books (macroeconomics,

dense biographies, Russian literature) for pennies. I bundle them together as "The Visionary" or

"The Thought Leader" packs and sell them for $150 a pop.

Nobody actually reads them. They just put them on the shelf directly behind their webcam so

their boss thinks they read Marcus Aurelius instead of playing Valorant all weekend.

I finally landed a decent client for a series of 3 TikTok videos. We agreed on $450 for the bundle.
Now, the media buyer wants to "whitelist" my personal TikTok account. He asked me what my monthly whitelisting fee is.
I have no idea what to charge. My options are:
● Flat monthly fee (e.g., $100/mo)
● Percentage of the ad spend
I don't want to overprice or get screwed. What do you guys charge?