My employer is running out of cash, in debt to suppliers, and has had trouble meeting payroll several times this year. My gut says I'll be out of work in a couple weeks, a month at the most. I'm working on and managing several web development projects where a deposit has been provided by the client, but we're several months away from completion. Do I approach the clients, let them know the situation and propose completing the projects on my own for the remaining amount of the project? [more inside]
posted by thehickmans on May 7, 2009 - 21 answers

In a classic demonstration of Murphy's Law, the SSH service on my VPS server is not proxying requests on the same day that a network firewall was installed. Please help! [more inside]
posted by your mildly obsessive average geek on Oct 19, 2008 - 1 answer

I'm failing Trig. What would be a good makeup assignment to suggest to my teacher? Do college teachers even do that kind of thing? [more inside]
posted by malapropist on Nov 14, 2007 - 21 answers

College/DepressionFilter: How do I avoid further destroying my life? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 16, 2007 - 51 answers

Hivemind, I'm failing a class and don't know what to do. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by matkline on Nov 18, 2006 - 21 answers

Flunking a college course, what to do? [more inside]
posted by yodelingisfun on Oct 17, 2006 - 23 answers

FailingCollegeFilter: I mostly didn't attend my math class last semester and consequently failed. How bad is this, for the purpose of transferring to a better school? [more inside]
posted by bpt on Jan 6, 2006 - 12 answers