"Stringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > One good sign of a toxic client is that their previous software > suppliers are unavailable for contact. > Yes. I got into the habit early on of tracking down the programmer before me. Most people are more than happy to give you the low-down on the *real* reason the project is late. I'm also in the habit of storing project documentation in the source archive. You can learn a lot from old meeting notes.
Perhaps we should set up a Contract Programming Traps FAQ. > While these sometimes are valid reasons to take a project you > might otherwise reject, you need to be wary when the reimbursement > for a project is other than the check the client is going to send you. > Yes again. One of the guys I work with is putting time into a project because the IT manager has told him he can keep the source and sell the product to others. This manager is old and wiley enough to understand that this gets him free maintenance while the programmer learns how big the gap is between 'Running at one site' and 'Retail'. Chris Tutty -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
