The Dirty Secrets of Your TradeSo, Television is a hot bed of lies, deceit and made up competitions. We can't say that we are that surprised... every job is full of this stuff. It's not like the newspapers currently kicking TV whilst it is down are all that innocent.
We'd like you to even things out a bit. Spill the beans on your own trade. Tell us the dirty secrets that the public need to know.
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chthonic, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:31)
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IT charging really isn't unfairWe never charge less than half a day, even if it's a quick job. Any time we break this rule we regret it.
You can guarantee that the 'quick job' you did for the customer because you were feeling kind will in the future need a) documenting b) justifying the behaviour c) enhancing with yet more small changes that overall add up to more hassle d) testing - and believe me that code that is provably 100% correct and 'cannot break anything' can, in fact, break lots of things because other people have put the PC in a screwy state and e) covering your arse when the customer insists that isn't what they wanted even though it's written down (*never* take on verbal specs)
IT hardware, otoh, that's another matter..
(, Tue 2 Oct 2007, 15:24, Reply)
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