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The cheaply part puzzles me. If it takes X hours to build something, it doesn't matter if you work D hours per day for X/D days, or D/2 hours per day for 2X/D d
by anon4 11y ago
The cheaply part puzzles me. If it takes X hours to build something, it doesn't matter if you work D hours per day for X/D days, or D/2 hours per day for 2X/D days -- it's the same amount of hours, therefore the same amount of money. The client will pay less per day, but the same amount overall. You could charge on a curve, i.e. 8hrs/day is X, but 10hrs/day is 2X, but we all know overtime doesn't work in the long run.
It seems to me, that that saying works for only the small set of tasks that can be worked on in consistent overtime. Can someone clarify?
- zaphar 11y agoyou can cut corners by never refactoring and not thinking the design through thoroughly. In the long run this will actually cost you time but in the short run the customer gets something sooner. The problem is that the customer is usually unaware of the looming debt they are accumulating unless an engineer takes the time to explain it to them.