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We weren’t particularly handy, but we’d seen all the home reno shows, and it seemed like everyone in the city was doing it. How hard could it be? Hear this eve

We weren’t particularly handy, but we’d seen all the home reno shows, and it seemed like everyone in the city was doing it. How hard could it be? Hear this every day in IT projects

arethuza 9y ago
Maybe we should have reality TVs shows about IT projects....
- wayn3 9y ago
  wouldn't that make the problem worse? "i'm just a front-end dev but i read this article on medium about smart contracts and the syntax looked familiar so i thought i could just cobble together a smart bank over the weekend and now all my ethereum is gone pls halp"
  - arethuza 9y ago
    Personally, I'd find that far more entertaining than yet another show with people complaining about their builders not turning up on time (not that I watch these you understand). "What did you expect? They're builders! Have you ever seen a film where the hero is a builder? No, no, because they never f-cking turn up in the nick of time. Bat-builder? Spider-builder? Huh? That's why you never see a superhero with a hod!" [In The Loop]
  - kuroguro 9y ago
    People need to start somewhere. The project might be f-ed but at least the dev will learn.
MrBuddyCasino 9y ago
Also, this nugget: "Finally, Julian called in a professional. Peter was reliable, organized, patient and came with glowing references. He was the contractor we should have hired from the start—in fact, Julian had already interviewed him twice but we had passed because he was charging market rate."
- annerajb 9y ago
  I think they could have avoided almost all issues if they would have paid market rate from the start..
  - alaskamiller 9y ago
    How hard could it be?
Jach 9y ago
Maybe I don't watch enough of these shows but isn't the dream of DIY home renovation actually, you know, picking up a hammer and doing it yourself as much as legally allowed? Seems the husband hired a neighbor to help with ripping everything out but then the construction was all handled by a contractor. I don't see the analog for IT projects.
- posterboy 9y ago
  it's analoguos to calling a library
D-Coder 9y ago
Who knew renovating a house could be so complicated?

We weren’t particularly handy, but we’d seen all the home reno shows, and it seemed like everyone in the city was doing it. How hard could it be? Hear this every day in IT projects

arethuza 9y ago

Maybe we should have reality TVs shows about IT projects....

wayn3 9y ago
wouldn't that make the problem worse? "i'm just a front-end dev but i read this article on medium about smart contracts and the syntax looked familiar so i thought i could just cobble together a smart bank over the weekend and now all my ethereum is gone pls halp"
- arethuza 9y ago
  Personally, I'd find that far more entertaining than yet another show with people complaining about their builders not turning up on time (not that I watch these you understand). "What did you expect? They're builders! Have you ever seen a film where the hero is a builder? No, no, because they never f-cking turn up in the nick of time. Bat-builder? Spider-builder? Huh? That's why you never see a superhero with a hod!" [In The Loop]
- kuroguro 9y ago
  People need to start somewhere. The project might be f-ed but at least the dev will learn.

MrBuddyCasino 9y ago

Also, this nugget: "Finally, Julian called in a professional. Peter was reliable, organized, patient and came with glowing references. He was the contractor we should have hired from the start—in fact, Julian had already interviewed him twice but we had passed because he was charging market rate."

annerajb 9y ago
I think they could have avoided almost all issues if they would have paid market rate from the start..
- alaskamiller 9y ago
  How hard could it be?

Jach 9y ago

Maybe I don't watch enough of these shows but isn't the dream of DIY home renovation actually, you know, picking up a hammer and doing it yourself as much as legally allowed? Seems the husband hired a neighbor to help with ripping everything out but then the construction was all handled by a contractor. I don't see the analog for IT projects.

posterboy 9y ago
it's analoguos to calling a library

D-Coder 9y ago

Who knew renovating a house could be so complicated?