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> (b) those who think "outsourcing" means "I tell you the idea, and you do all the work". This is especially bad because those people are in my experience bad
by emsy 11y ago
> (b) those who think "outsourcing" means "I tell you the idea, and you do all the work".
This is especially bad because those people are in my experience bad at communicating their ideas. Experienced external developers will know when and what to ask to minimize extra workload. Even more experienced developers will know when to shut up and just bill the extra time due to changing specifications.
- datashovel 11y agoI find I can generally guide a conversation in the right direction, but I also find that I can never approach a project as though I'll be the person to tell the client when a project is done. The client has to understand their product well enough to be able to tell me not only if / when it's done, but if it's not done they need to be able to explain precisely why it's not done. Not in a confrontational way, but in an exploratory way. As long as we continue to discover reasons to continue to work on the project, the expectation has to be that I'll continue to bill for the hours I put in.