Is it bad or good for contractor to deliver crap quality code/design?

[Durbs]

Not really. Troll alert mods!

Indeed, cant believe anyone actually answered that sensibly.

[northernladuk]

Not really. Troll alert mods!

+1. No one in business that has to sell themselves to a client would ask such a dumb question.

[Sysman]

Work hard and fast, get the job done, get the renewals, or move on. I've worked myself out of a job many times, and never caused me any difficulty. Currently on 6th year with the same clients.

Back when I was implementing shiny new systems I was quite pleased to do the handover and move on.

If you aren't careful you can get trapped in a gig where you do all the work and the others are happy to let you. You can easily end up getting stuck with out of date technology that way.

[NotAllThere]

That can be the case. But for some reason, I get to use the new technology first.

[minestrone]

Unless they have asked me to sort out a mess or hack a quick fix into a well designed system I just continue in the way it was moving before I turned up. Doing the opposite of what is in place already without instruction is always the worst move.

[escapeUK]

From a clients point of view, it is better to have something in place that gives a partial solution to a problem than a perfect solution that never gets implemented. So there is a balance to be achieved. Not too crap and not too slow.

[SupremeSpod]

From a clients point of view, it is better to have something in place that gives a partial solution to a problem than a perfect solution that never gets implemented. So there is a balance to be achieved. Not too crap and not too slow.

AGILE! Works for me!