> Number two red flag is if they say at any point “You tell us, you’re the experts!” This can be translated to, “We don’t know what we want but we’re going to reject whatever you say anyway.”
I disagree with this being a red flag. That's exactly why I hired someone to build me a small website. It's not because I don't know HTML / CSS / JS; it's because I'm bad at (visual) design. I wanted someone who knows what they're doing to use their expertise and give me a good product.
That’s great, you know to hire an expert and let them get on with it.
The problems start when the client either can’t or won’t explain what they want, then gets upset that what you produce doesn’t match what’s in their heads. At that point they start trying to undo every decision and things go south rapidly.
I disagree with this being a red flag. That's exactly why I hired someone to build me a small website. It's not because I don't know HTML / CSS / JS; it's because I'm bad at (visual) design. I wanted someone who knows what they're doing to use their expertise and give me a good product.