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Is it bad or good for contractor to deliver crap quality code/design?

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    Is it bad or good for contractor to deliver crap quality code/design?

    Interesting question : As a contractor what is good? Do quality work or crap work?

    Good Quality = You finish all on time with stable system and fantastic quality.. Contract finishes and you don't get renewed.. Yes you made your reputation and managers are happy to write good recommendations..but you are out of the job.

    Bad Quality = You keep producing crap and project never finishes as it is never stable. You keep getting renewals because only you understand what crap you have written. Managers remain puzzled and helpless but still you keep milking the cow.


    I was/am always for Good Quality and still continue on same principals. I have been contracting only for 2 years and have seen myself out of project in 1 year as all work done on time and perfect.

    I am interested to know what is the opinion of born Contractors what do you think?

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    Originally posted by ahpublicbox View Post
    Interesting question : As a contractor what is good? Do quality work or crap work?

    Good Quality = You finish all on time with stable system and fantastic quality.. Contract finishes and you don't get renewed.. Yes you made your reputation and managers are happy to write good recommendations..but you are out of the job.

    Bad Quality = You keep producing crap and project never finishes as it is never stable. You keep getting renewals because only you understand what crap you have written. Managers remain puzzled and helpless but still you keep milking the cow.


    I was/am always for Good Quality and still continue on same principals. I have been contracting only for 2 years and have seen myself out of project in 1 year as all work done on time and perfect.

    I am interested to know what is the opinion of born Contractors what do you think?
    Who would you employ to work on your home? A crap builder who cant build a straight wall and never finishes or one who finishes roughly on time, delivering what you want to budget?

    if you ask me, its a no ******* brainer but carry on!

    And tulipe workmen, no matter what they 'deliver,' dont get repeat business.
    I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

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      #3
      In my 22 years as contractor I always did a good job. I often moved jobs, but as soon as an old manager wanted someone they thought of me.

      I wrote a precious metal system for UBS - did myself out of a job. 9 months later I was back for a money market system for UBS Jersey. In the 9 months my manager was called to the precious metal traders twice - both times to reboot the printer!

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        #4
        The Bobs have made careers out of doing Bad Quality

        I have made a career out of sorting it out
        How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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          #5
          A contractor is only as good as his reputation, if you do a good job you are just as likely to get renewed maybe on another project or hired again at a later date, doing a bad job may get you extended but its more likely to get you canned.
          Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
          I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

          I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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            #6
            i feel slightly soiled.

            work your nuts off to make yourself redundant. and you will never be redundant



            (\__/)
            (>'.'<)
            ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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              #7
              Work hard and fast, get the job done, get the renewals, or move on. I've worked myself out of a job many times, and never caused me any difficulty. Currently on 6th year with the same clients.
              Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                #8
                Was one of 2 contractors brought in to deliver a solution about 10 months ago. I delivered BI solution (reporting, database, cube, ETL) very quickly and efficiently and the team were really impressed. The app developer was taking months to deliver a relatively straight forward app. I completed my work and they ended up terminating him thereafter handing the work over to me even though I am a BI specialist. In the end I completed a working app within 3 weeks from scratch. They kept extending me and keeping me on to maintain and do new pieces of work.

                Moral of the story: Just do the job you were hired to do and leave the extension decisions up to the clients....

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                  #9
                  WNATS

                  Never a problem for me, I'm good and I get extended..
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by ahpublicbox View Post
                    Interesting question
                    Not really. Troll alert mods!
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                    Originally posted by vetran
                    Urine is quite nourishing

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