Ask HN: Splitting profits between a programmer and a sysad/network engineer?

8 pointsby ajushiover 12 years ago

Hi guys!Let's say my friend and I got a nice freelance job going that pays a lot. I did the software dev and he does the sysad and networking duties. How do we split the profits?To make it a bit more complicated, what if we outsourced some of the tasks. How do we know how much to split?Any help/comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for helping us out!

3 comments

fusiongyroover 12 years ago

You're about to learn that you should absolutely never postpone figuring this out until after you go into business. There are almost certainly going to be hard feelings. If I were you, I'd split it 50/50 and call it even, unless that's really unfair to your friend somehow. Then spend tomorrow figuring out how you're going to split profits moving forward in a way that neither of you feels shafted--or you'll lose your friend or your business partner, or both.

mithrasover 12 years ago

I'd make a realistic list of hours worked, both take your hours * hourly rate out of the total, pay the outsourcing fees and divide the rest 50/50.

codegeekover 12 years ago

Please discuss and agree on the specific terms before doing anything. You will thank yourself later on.