Pushy Americans

[Jog On]

Got a teleconference later today with some yanks from clientco who are pushing for special treatment for their apps. They want me to be their dedicated contact here and for me to tell them everything about our deployment processes so they can develop a strategy that goes beyond the one that seems to working fine for everyone else.

Spoke to them yesterday and it was like a difficult job interview with them firing questions at me and trying to pick holes in almost everything i said.

How do our esteemed panel deal with such 'Madison Avenue' types?

[kandr]

Got a teleconference later today with some yanks from clientco who are pushing for special treatment for their apps. They want me to be their dedicated contact here and for me to tell them everything about our deployment processes so they can develop a strategy that goes beyond the one that seems to working fine for everyone else.

Spoke to them yesterday and it was like a difficult job interview with them firing questions at me and trying to pick holes in almost everything i said.

How do our esteemed panel deal with such 'Madison Avenue' types?

Tell them we invested the Web, so feck off.

[wobbegong]

Tell them we invested the Web, so feck off.

You're doing this deliberately, aren't you?

[kandr]

You're doing this deliberately, aren't you?

No someone is holding a gun to my head, making me post witty, funny, insightful posts. ???

[yorkshireman]

Charge them extra and count the money.

[Lockhouse]

I quite like being pushed - keeps me from getting bored and makes me raise my game.

[Mich the Tester]

Ask them if they like Waldorf Salad.

[suityou01]

Got a teleconference later today with some yanks from clientco who are pushing for special treatment for their apps. They want me to be their dedicated contact here and for me to tell them everything about our deployment processes so they can develop a strategy that goes beyond the one that seems to working fine for everyone else.

Spoke to them yesterday and it was like a difficult job interview with them firing questions at me and trying to pick holes in almost everything i said.

How do our esteemed panel deal with such 'Madison Avenue' types?

Dedicated bod costs money. Price it high. They'll either pay up, fall in line or go elsewhere.
Either way, a win from your perspective.

[kandr]

In my last role we had a few yank devs come onto the project, trying to push their ideas and architectures. All of the UK contractors shot their suggestions down in flames, they were all over engineered, yetanotherframework, overly complex tulip!.

[Sysman]

Charge them extra and count the money.

That was my tack in France. Every time they threw a hissy fit I could relax by thinking of the surcharge I was enjoying.