Don't let him charge you for YOUR time when he asks you, what the blazes is Bitcoin? and then you have to explain

You have no idea what you are talking about.
Nice to meet you, too.
Of course the advice wouldn't be free. All I'm saying is "haggle." It's a two-way street. That or barter services, but I'd rather be an attorney's client than his vendor.
Anyway this is just another post to get out of the newbie caste so I can ask a REAL question about getting some part of a mining engine to compile on Amazon EC2. Peace out.