Anyone replaced a Bob?

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DS23 replied

24 June 2011, 10:13
i'm about to submit a quote to do a big chunk of work. the integrator (requestor of quote) is in india and the end client is in africa.
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Doggy Styles replied

24 June 2011, 09:20
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

So you're cheaper than this Bob

I don't know what he was on but I'm on a decent rate.
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suityou01 replied

24 June 2011, 00:06
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

As far as I know it wasn't bad, they just cut back on the project.

So you're cheaper than this Bob
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vetran replied

23 June 2011, 23:49
Not all Bobs are bad

spent all day supporting another sites web application, don't think they have ever heard of locking. One user managed to crash all 8 interface programs 4 times.

Only a £30 million pound business with one customer

Wouldn't mind but they have had the ERP for 25 years and I don't think it stays up more than a week. The web is relatively new 5 years old and written by one programmer who doesn't do documentation. All British support staff.

Currently dealing with an Oracle project technically staffed by Bobs in their own country at least they care the implementation is in need of work

Back tomorrow for more fun.

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Sysman replied

23 June 2011, 14:09
Originally posted by Moose423956 View Post

I did, but I think they just wanted someone who could speak proper English, like what I do.

I replaced a team of them.

Well, sort of. I took over the maintenance of an app a Bob team had developed.

The same bugs copied and pasted all over the place.

No attention paid to record locking, but I can't blame them for that. They had inherited it from an English team.

It paid well.
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Troll replied

23 June 2011, 13:54
Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

What's lower than plenty cheapness?

The Nigerians IIRC
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SimonMac replied

23 June 2011, 13:37
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

I just have. Makes a change from what I've heard on here.

Some Bobs were released a few weeks ago and I replaced one of them, albeit doing something a bit different (and on the proper rate).

The tide is turning...

What's lower than plenty cheapness?
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TimberWolf replied

23 June 2011, 13:37
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

Some Bobs were released a few weeks ago and I replaced one of them

all of them
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DaveB replied

23 June 2011, 13:33
Originally posted by Moose423956 View Post

I did, but I think they just wanted someone who could speak proper English, like what I does.
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Moose423956 replied

23 June 2011, 13:32
I did, but I think they just wanted someone who could speak proper English, like what I do.
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russell replied

23 June 2011, 13:17
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

I just have. Makes a change from what I've heard on here.

Some Bobs were released a few weeks ago and I replaced one of them, albeit doing something a bit different (and on the proper rate).

The tide is turning...

You only replaced one? I replaced 1000
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Doggy Styles replied

23 June 2011, 13:09
Originally posted by JamJarST View Post

So how tulip was his work?

As far as I know it wasn't bad, they just cut back on the project.
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JamJarST replied

23 June 2011, 13:00
Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

I just have. Makes a change from what I've heard on here.

Some Bobs were released a few weeks ago and I replaced one of them, albeit doing something a bit different (and on the proper rate).

The tide is turning...

So how tulip was his work?
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Doggy Styles started a topic Anyone replaced a Bob?

23 June 2011, 12:56
Anyone replaced a Bob?

I just have. Makes a change from what I've heard on here.

Some Bobs were released a few weeks ago and I replaced one of them, albeit doing something a bit different (and on the proper rate).

The tide is turning...
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