Oh, look what I found. I needed a laugh today.
Looking for someone to set-up a rather simple web site
Simple is as simple does, you know. And client!simple almost never corresponds to actually!simple.
and then train me on how to update it
Oh dear. I did that for a client once. It ended poorly. Sometimes i even think about sending them bags of flaming poop.
have the domain names already and quite honestly COULD do it myself, no time as I am in start-up and have other demands upon my time
This is always a bad sign. Clients who think they can do what they’re hiring you to do almost never value your work appropriately. Either they can do the work and really are that lazy (and will probably nitpick you to death) or can’t do it but think they can, leading to the land of unrealistic requests (because it’s so easy, you know). And “in startup”? Er, no. It sounds like he’s got a “great” idea and nothing else.
probably take a true pro less than an hour with a 15 minute break for coffee
So anyone who takes longer than an hour on your incredibly vague, undefined project is not a pro. Really. I do assume you have all the images and copy ready to go, and just need a code monkey to lay it out, right? No forms or interactivity at all, yes?
Yup. Laughing now. Also, it’s good to remember why I don’t do much freelance anymore. (And thank $deity that I don’t have to.)