Somehow, I thought this might strike a familiar chord. --- Joel On Software <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: "Joel On Software" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [JoelOnSoftware] Set Your Priorities > Date: 12 Oct 2005 08:16:07 PDT > > "Custom development is that murky world where a customer tells you > what to build, and you say, 'are you sure?' and they say yes, and > you make an absolutely beautiful spec, and say, 'is this what you > want?' and they say yes, and you make them sign the spec in indelible > > ink, nay, blood, and they do, and then you build that thing they > signed > off on, promptly, precisely and exactly, and they see it and they are > > horrified and shocked, and you spend the rest of the week reading up > on whether your E&O insurance is going to cover the legal fees for > the > lawsuit you've gotten yourself into or merely the settlement cost. > Or, > if you're really lucky, the customer will smile wanly and put your > code in a drawer and never use it again and never call you back." > > - From my latest article: > > Set Your Priorities > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/SetYourPriorities.html > > -- > Joel Spolsky > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > > To unsubscribe click here: > > http://whatcounts.com/u?id=CEFCA80F09D0CFBFFB88EA96CAB2C771 > > -- > Joel on Software is hosted by: > > Fog Creek Software, Inc. > 535 8th Ave. > New York NY 10018 > (866) 364-2733 > http://www.fogcreek.com > === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Einstein was a giant. He had his head in the clouds and his feet on the ground." -- Richard P. Feynman ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
