How can you not see that even $20k is entirely insufficient for such specialized work?
Do you understand the work that was asked?...
Do you understand the work that was asked?...
I don't read that as accepting the offer, I read it as continuing the negotiation.
" 6 days later I was told that the doubling was approved and we could sort out the fine details "
Like ok, we're now past the payment negotiation stage, now onto other details.
The person in the article clearly(to me) agreed to an insuficient amount of money, and then wrote a blog post to complain about it.