Penalty clause on programming contract

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Published on 2009-09-03T19:17:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/25 5:23 UTC
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I am considering the move to the other side of development, as a contract programmer.

SO has given me a good few hints on the kind of figures to quote ( and why ), and a few points to bear in mind such as Non-competition and [IP Protection]

Having worked as a programmer for a while, I know that a few reasons for deadline delays may be -

Estimates can be all over the place both from the Contractor, and the Job provider
Things like bandwidth bottlenecks, merge for high-impact code etc
Clarification time on provided requirements... etc

If you have worked as a contract programmer then

How frequently do you encounter a penalty/forfeit clause in your agreement?
What do you deem unacceptable in the penalty/forfeit clause?

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