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Let me give you an example:
- a few day ago a possible client came to me to make him a project. He wrote some thorough specifications (a thing that 90% of the clients do not do) and asked how much time it takes to make that.
- one of my programmers looked over the stuff and said I takes 3-4 month for 2 programmers to complete it
- I tell my estimation to the potential clinet
- he answers that he has an employee that can make alone that project in one month.
- my answer: let me look over them once again!
- I have looked and I tend to keep the estimation of my programmers.
Conclusion: I am not going to make the project even if it well documented. If bjduf is this type of client then I think that I know why everything takes 2 times more than estimated.
Of course that I could say that the project takes 2 month and keep it open for 3 months but I felt that I do not want to make this because I am sick of this shit.
This happens because 'the client' heared someone saying that his project can be done in one second by a programmer while the ones that he is going to pay take half a year to make that. Consequently the guys that want to get payed are theieves or stupid while the programmer that said he is going to make it in one second is 'teh shit'. Of course that guy never makes anything because he is busy, but WTF...
And this is one of best cases, someone that actually knows what he wants and puts it on paper. Beside him there are countless others that don't have any idea about programming and shit, but they want things done. And when they start changing they ask why it takes so much and why the project is delayed. If you are for more money for each change they say that you are a thief and if you are lucky you get some fucken drama on a forum.
Egomancer
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