Say to a fast-moving company or influential individual:
“I’d like to work on Project X for you. I’ll work on it for the next two weeks, and send you a brief email every other day with an update on my progress.
You don’t have to spend any time training me; just give me a little direction upfront, and some occasional feedback on my email updates to make sure I’m on the right track.
If you don’t like my work at the end of these two weeks, you can scrap it and move on. No money lost for you, and no hard feelings from me. But if you do like my work, Iʼd like to discuss setting up some more work for me to do.”
— Charlie Hoehn’s Guide To Getting Any Job Within a Year of Finishing College.
