RE: [FRIDAY] Impossible requirements customer expectation management [WAS: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request?]

2003-08-14 Thread Mark Galbreath
In the mid-90s, Australia was begging American developers to move there; what happened? And why are you in Singapore, anyway? -Original Message- From: Andrew Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:58 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: [FRIDAY]

RE: [FRIDAY] Impossible requirements customer expectation management [WAS: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request?]

2003-08-14 Thread Mark Galbreath
Move on. There are plenty of jobs for the competent and there is no point in wasting your time developing for morons. -Original Message- From: Andrew Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 7:29 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: [FRIDAY] Impossible

Re: [FRIDAY] Impossible requirements customer expectation management[WAS: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request?]

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Price
Simon Kelly wrote: And talking of impossible requirements . Does anyone know how to include svg into html without having it in a separte downlaod able file? All my svg and html are dynamically created and I need to mirge them both and send out one page. All help would ... well help

RE: [FRIDAY] Impossible requirements customer expectation management [WAS: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request?]

2003-08-14 Thread Andrew Hill
Not here there arent. A mere 4 years experience doesnt even qualify you for an entry level position in this economy anymore. Its been an IT desert for a couple of years now and no end in sight... (And why is it that the 'morons' as you put it, are always the ones with the money?) hehe I suppose

RE: [FRIDAY] Impossible requirements customer expectation management [WAS: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request?]

2003-08-14 Thread Steve Raeburn
To be fair to Aussie (and other non-US) developers, in the mid-90s *every* major economy was begging developers to move from anywhere. How I miss those days! We had a lot of good Aussie developers in London at the time. Steve -Original Message- From: Mark Galbreath [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [FRIDAY] Impossible requirements customer expectation management [WAS: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request?]

2003-08-14 Thread Andrew Hill
So what does one do when one has requirements that are (for all practical purposes) impossible? How does one actually go about convincing a Customer/PHB/VIP that its impossible without them thinking one is incompetent and making excuses? -Original Message- From: ansuman_behera

Re: [FRIDAY] Impossible requirements customer expectation management [WAS: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request?]

2003-08-12 Thread Simon Kelly
And talking of impossible requirements . Does anyone know how to include svg into html without having it in a separte downlaod able file? All my svg and html are dynamically created and I need to mirge them both and send out one page. All help would ... well help actually... cheers Simon

RE: [FRIDAY] Impossible requirements customer expectation management [WAS: method to get new Id to next action when old Id is in request?]

2003-08-10 Thread Paananen, Tero
My experience...you have to explain the consequences in layman's terms (no geek talk, and yes, I am a computer geek). If you can, instead of explaining why the software won't work given the requirement, and a real-life example that the customer can relate to and understand...for example,