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I gotta say. I am not impressed with how the author handled the client interaction. There are better ways to handle a stubborn client other than, “I’m better at
by controlledchaos 6y ago
I gotta say. I am not impressed with how the author handled the client interaction. There are better ways to handle a stubborn client other than, “I’m better at this than you are and that’s that.” There doesn’t seem to have been a clear understanding about what the scope of the project was, so Alpha really thought it was his project to do with what he pleased. The author does indeed need to work on his people skills. Communication is weird, complicated, and important.
- geon 6y ago> There are better ways to handle a stubborn client other than, “I’m better at this than you are and that’s that.” While I can see how you got that impression, it is not how it happened. I carefully explained all my suggestions and backed them up with UI conventions, implementation details and code reuse. Nothing helped. For example, the same data could be edited from 3 subtly different screens. I suggested it should be broken out into a separate dialog that could be reused. It would be more consistent, be more in line with virtually all other software, quicker to implement and less error prone. No go.
- uldos 6y agoDon't want to sound arrogant, but it seems that projects like this was a good lesson for you. With one lesson (among many others), that "I carefully explained all my suggestions and backed them up with UI conventions..." will not work with some people (technical ones) and there should be other styles of communication in your toolbox. I learned this the hard way when I wanted to be a freelancer and had to do everything (coding, managing project, accounting) on my own. Now I work at a company as a coder and project managers are "shielding" me from clients eccentric needs.
- controlledchaos 6y agoIt isn’t about what you say. It is how it is perceived.