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Old 07-01-2004, 01:41 AM  
Nathan
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Originally posted by pornJester
If someone says 2 weeks and delivers in 6 weeks that's a little ridiculous. You have to understand that the person requesting the programming is running a business and models his business around deadlines. If he expects something in two weeks and is waiting 3 times that then everything else that was reliant on that two week timeframe is mildly screwed.

I think a programmer should overestimate the time frame rather than approximate. I would rather someone tell me 6 weeks if they are thinking to themselves that it would only take two.
I do realize that this would make more sense ;)

Would you also be willing to pay 3 times as much?
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