netsql wrote: > Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > It has not been unusual to estimate three months >> for something, and that's fairly realistic to do it right, and the >> business says "nope, 1.5 months is when we need it". > > > I need you to paint the house, but I only have budget to wash my hair? > > That is no respect and a bit like slavery!
Exactly my point. When I have worked for corporations, deadlines were set cooperatively. If I said it could be down in a month, and the user said "we need it in two weeks", I told them what they _could_ get in two weeks. If they said "we need it _all_ in two weeks" they had to either forget it or throw more resources at it. The world is _not_ a Dilbert cartoon - we're highly prized professionals, and we don't have to accept slavery. -- derek --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
