This can be a bad trap.

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Post #28,018 by Arkadiy 2/11/02 10:44:55 AM Reply	This can be a bad trap. The customer wants old code understood and new GUI written in 80 hors. 10 normal business days. I am pretty sure they'll want all sorts of bells, whistles and gewgawas on it. I've been caught in this sort of trap a couple times when I worked back in Russia - bad experience for everyone involved. The customer wants a project done on the cheap, I think they grossly underestimated the cost.
Post #28,021 by boxley 2/11/02 11:08:10 AM Reply	gotta look into it carefully "If you're half-evil, nothing soothes you more than to think the person you are opposed to is totally evil." Norman Mailer
Post #28,097 by nking 2/11/02 10:48:35 PM Reply	Just read very careful and any project that needs to be rushed and is complex and impossible, just give them the standard "Dr. Evil" line: "One millllyyyyooon dollars!" "Will code Visual BASIC for cash."

Norm Tablizer! check this out - (boxley) - (4) - Feb. 9, 2002, 07:42:00 PM EST

Thanks! I just signed up. - (nking) - Feb. 10, 2002, 10:04:50 AM EST

This can be a bad trap. - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Feb. 11, 2002, 10:44:55 AM EST

gotta look into it carefully -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 11, 2002, 11:08:10 AM EST

Just read very careful - (nking) - Feb. 11, 2002, 10:48:35 PM EST

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