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WOW. This is word for word exactly what happened to me. The worst part is that I KNEW better than to accept this guy as a client, but I was so excited to get a
by rmrfrmrf 12y ago
WOW. This is word for word exactly what happened to me. The worst part is that I KNEW better than to accept this guy as a client, but I was so excited to get a client and get a deposit check that I convinced myself that I could blast through the project.
- duncan_bayne 12y agoWell, if it's any consolation, if you use that as a conscious learning experience, you'll come out of it a far more effective contractor than you went in. I didn't let it discourage me, and I benefited from it in the long run. Another suggestion: do a thorough post-mortem with each client. Go over what you did, what you learned, what you'd improve and so forth. I.e. not a retrospective of the work you did (which is also important and worth doing), but a retrospective of your business relationship with your client.
- woah 12y agoI think it's happened to everyone in this business.
- dlevine 12y agoYep. Me too. It's funny how common this story is...