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Previously on "Poll: Contrator Morals"

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  • milanbenes
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    that is a Shaun classic

    lol

    Milan.

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  • Platypus
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    Well done MF. They'll be letting you make the McFlurry's soon!!

    Brilliant

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    (on that basis when I delivered last week against the odds I was told to expect to be around all next year as well)
    Well done MF. They'll be letting you make the McFlurry's soon!!

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  • MarillionFan
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    I have tools that I have developed that i use presently.

    The use of these tools reduce prototyping and unit testing from 15 days down to 3. I still quote 15 days in the project plans I implement. That's because I own them and not the
    client, so if someone else does the
    work then it takes 15 days.

    What is allows me to do though is save time in plan to
    account for issues elsewhere. So far at clientco every project I have worked on has been delivered on time. Every other
    project they do is late.

    (on that basis when I delivered last week against the odds I was told to expect to be around all next year as well)

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  • Arturo Bassick
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    You have written this?
    If that is the case then you should do a projection of how much money the company will save over the next 10 years by purchasing the very reasonably priced piece of proprietary software.
    Suitable price being 1 years worth of savings + maintenance contract or 2.5 years including source.
    Otherwise keep doing it by hand and billing for the month.

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    Shouldn't the Poll be for Contrator Spelling?

    Or Contrator Stiky Keyboards?

    What have you been doing while working at your laptop??
    On client machine with a keyboard which I'm not used to and having to use IE with no spell check

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Crap question; a real contractor downloads a piece of software allowing one to 'compress a months worth of work down to at most 2 days', then invoices for the full month.
    And a "real contractor" HAS no morals!

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  • cojak
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    Shouldn't the Poll be for Contrator Spelling?

    Or Contrator Stiky Keyboards?

    What have you been doing while working at your laptop??

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Crap question; a real contractor downloads a piece of software allowing one to 'compress a months worth of work down to at most 2 days', then invoices for the full month.
    thats why one of the answers is:
    "Slack of[sic] for the full month and deliver on time "

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    You have written a piece of software which allows you to compress a months worth of work down to at most 2 days. The end result looking to the client as if it's been hand crafted. Do you:

    Crap question; a real contractor downloads a piece of software allowing one to 'compress a months worth of work down to at most 2 days', then invoices for the full month.

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  • Pondlife
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    Spend the next 3 weeks perfecting it at your own pace. Therefore delivering a week early but knowing that it will work perfectly.

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  • minestrone
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    Edit, got the wrong end of the stick

    Tell them you can do it in 15 days, slack off and look good.

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  • Spacecadet
    started a poll Poll: Contrator Morals

    Poll: Contrator Morals

    30
    Complete the work in 2 days, astounding the client
    6.67%
    2
    Take it easy for a week or 2 and still impress the client with the speed of delivery
    46.67%
    14
    Slack of for the full month and deliver on time
    33.33%
    10
    Tell the client about the software and work that into the project plan
    0.00%
    0
    Give up and become AndyWs step dad
    13.33%
    4
    You have written a piece of software which allows you to compress a months worth of work down to at most 2 days. The end result looking to the client as if it's been hand crafted. Do you:

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