Impressing the client?

[DeadKenny]

Disagree,

there are lots of ways to find out if work is good. If the work written by a contractor flies through testing with no problems it is good and the management know because they finish ahead of schedule.

If it is tulipe it gets bogged down in testing with hundreds of iterations as all the bugs are exposed and will generally be late.

If you deliver good work that flies through testing you know that you are good (or the testers are utter tulipe )

The presumes they have a decent test department (or a test department at all!). Shocking, but there are companies out there who really do awful jobs of testing.

[Ardesco]

The presumes they have a decent test department (or a test department at all!). Shocking, but there are companies out there who really do awful jobs of testing.

Hence why I added "or your testers are utter tulipe" in brackets

[bobhope]

You all forgot:

1. Dress one level above most of your colleagues.
2. Have good hair.

[To BI or not to BI?]

You all forgot:

1. Dress one level above most of your colleagues.
2. Have good hair.

and shiny shoes

[Ardesco]

2. Have good hair.

Arg, thats me scuppered then.....

My hair does messy or strange....

[Bagpuss]

Make sure the client actually likes you. Offer conversation, appear interested in what they have to say. People skills go a long way these days, as so few people have them (a bit like manners).

[sasguru]

People skills go a long way these days, as so few people have them (a bit like manners).

Pot ....kettle .....

[Bagpuss]

Pot ....kettle .....

This is a bulletin board not real life, maybe to you it is?

[Lucy]

Well, it is a little bit like real life.

If you are kind and helpful, that is generally what you get back.

[Ardesco]

I find that giving my scales a good polish helps too...

Are you sure it's not the big toothy smile you give them as you leave ?