Follow up to my last rant.

I jinxed it and today got an email asking about some basic stuff.

Hope they won't write to me too often.

Is that your old workplace still asking you questions? Did you agree to that?!

If any place did that to me, I'd simply say no. If they *really* pushed, then I'd offer to answer them as and when I got around to it on a ridiculous hourly rate.

Don't do it for free.

@AlmondSauce Sadly, I did agree. I'm just too nice of a person.

I left them with monthly termination and no one to replace me appeared in this time. The project I was developing alone was the main product. That's why I felt bad.

But I've got nothing as a farewell gift. Cold shoulder. So no idea why I'm doing it for them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Agred Unfortunately this is how the world works - and if you're too nice like you have been here, you'll get taken advantage of.

The company knew the terms of your contract when they hired you, including your notice period, so that's on them to find someone in time, or hire someone on a contract rate if they can't find a FTE.

If I *had* promised that I'd help them out and then got questions, I'd wait a week before doing anything (to give the impression that I'm not going to answer everything ASAP), then answer the first set, but follow up that email with something akin to:

"I'm happy to have helped with the above, but I'm afraid that time constraints mean I'll no longer be able to dedicate the time to answer questions on <x> going forward. A good <language> consultant should be able to quickly grasp the code and answer other questions you may have. I wish you all the best in the future."

@AlmondSauce I'll work on myself. Thanks!