All in all I feel compelled to have a client be aware of a series of potential solutions, recommend the most sensible ones from a performance and cost perspective, then let them decide. If they opt to go with a plan that is not sensible I prefer to not have my fingerprints on it. There is enough good business out there to let me choose to work with folks willing to invest once, not buy twice (or more). One of my attorneys told me he had a favorite way to providing clients with food for thought (he used to own a software firm). "Do you want a solution that is fast, stable or cheap. Pick two!" I have found that is a good place to start when opening discussions.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] I love contracting! > > > And what is "the good employee?" Someone who does > dumb things for money, or someone who tries to give > their expertise to save the company from doing dumb > things? > > > > --- Mark Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In article > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Michael Madigan wrote: > > > Am I the only one that gets frustrated when they > > do > > > the project incorrectly? > > > > No, you're not the only one. But I've found that > > that is usually the reason > > why my contracts don't get extended. I start caring > > about the project > > succeeding and suddenly want to stop doing the cr*p > > that I've been told > > to add/change/remove and start telling them how it > > should be done right, and > > suddenly they don't like me so much any more... > > > > Mark Stanton > > One small step for mankind... > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Post Messages to: [email protected] > > Subscription Maintenance: > > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > > OT-free version of this list: > > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > > Searchable Archive: > > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > > This message: > > > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] farm.co.uk > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
