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It's an amusing story, I've seen this countless times as well. I think what finally sunk in for me was that if you're focused on saving money or efficiency on s
by zandokc09 7y ago
It's an amusing story, I've seen this countless times as well. I think what finally sunk in for me was that if you're focused on saving money or efficiency on small projects then the upper limit of benefit to the company is less than the budget for the project. Instead if you focus on optimizing for the market, the profits can be unbounded essentially, and any wasted money to get to market is simply part of the learning process.
And if you're the contractor having to run around as the plans change, well just make sure you get paid enough :)
- Xylakant 7y agoAs contractor I like jobs where I can basically recommend “Just don’t build this at all.” For example the young startup that wanted credit card payment and automation for essentially a two digit number of invoices per year for a target market where bank transfer would be much more common. Replaced with an excel sheet. Customer happy. I don’t want to build crap just for the money that’s in building crap. Let me actually add value.
- org3432 7y agoYeah same here, what’s strange is you have to explain that to clients too. They don’t get you’re contracting because you like to actually do things and helping them is part of the reward. Otherwise you’d just be an employee.
- aitchnyu 7y agoUmm... did you earn the kind dof money the pointless project would have gotten you?
- lapnitnelav 7y agoProbably no but they surely built goodwill with that company and as a result can help them build a good reputation. This is often overlooked but people will remember that. Or they could just be satisfied with doing the right thing, rather than trying to extract as much money as they could.