Any cowboys on here

[2BIT]

Come on you know who you are.

You charge extortionate rates, complain all the time, leave the job angry and bugger up the project only for your replacement to gasp in astonishment.

Thing is you'll probably make it to retirement before you're busted.

You charge extortionate rates - less than market rate

complain all the time - half the time, when requirements aren't communicated properly or instructions aren't followed

leave the job angry - depends on how many perms I've worked with who've made me think 'how are you even alive' due to their complete incomptence - would probably be more angry if having to work with them all the time so is a good trade off

bugger up the project only for your replacement to gasp in astonishment - they don't tend to replace me with someone of the same caliber so they would be unable to spot an cock-ups I've (naturally) made until they can skill up

then again I don't consider myself a cowboy

[Lockhouse]

Come on you know who you are.

You charge extortionate rates, complain all the time, leave the job angry and bugger up the project only for your replacement to gasp in astonishment.

Thing is you'll probably make it to retirement before you're busted.

Ahem. In 24 years no-one's caught up with me yet!

[d000hg]

Come on you know who you are.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...r-1-dorra.html

Coming soon to a BBC show "Cowboy IT".

[MarillionFan]

What about MF ?

Edit: Sorry, you said cowboy. I thought you said rich c**t.

Ftfy

[TestMangler]

What about MF ?

Edit: Sorry, you said cowboy. I thought you said c**t.

[doodab]

I had one gig where people on my team would whistle a well known piece by Sergio Leone when certain people from another project we had to interface with walked by.

Yeehah!

[DimPrawn]

Come on you know who you are.

You charge extortionate rates, complain all the time, leave the job angry and bugger up the project only for your replacement to gasp in astonishment.

Thing is you'll probably make it to retirement before you're busted.

[minestrone]

Come on you know who you are.

You charge extortionate rates, complain all the time, leave the job angry and bugger up the project only for your replacement to gasp in astonishment.

Thing is you'll probably make it to retirement before you're busted.

1. "You charge extortionate rates"

2. "complain all the time"

3. "leave the job angry"


4. "bugger up the project"

On crap projects I tend to find the flow it 4,1,2,3 not 1,2,3,4

If the client want a problem fixer which happens after 4. they have to do 1. and then 2 & 3 happens because 4 happened in the first place. I have rarely seen one man contractors go down the 4,1,2,3 path. Big name consultants yes, unskilled permies yes but hired gun contractors very rarely cause 4,1,2,3 or 1,2,3,4

[minestrone]

Mod: Moving to General Lee.

[Freamon]

Come on you know who you are.

You charge extortionate rates, complain all the time, leave the job angry and bugger up the project only for your replacement to gasp in astonishment.

Thing is you'll probably make it to retirement before you're busted.

Easy to spot on a CV when someone has had a succession of 3 month contracts doing things that you would imagine would be part of a project that would normally take 1-2 years.

[scooterscot]

Come on you know who you are.

You charge extortionate rates, complain all the time, leave the job angry and bugger up the project only for your replacement to gasp in astonishment.

Thing is you'll probably make it to retirement before you're busted.