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Lol, bet you've got a bit of expirence how to deal with clients now. Though as a contractor, you are under a lot of pressure. Best thing is to explain why things are taking long, rather than just saying you are "wrong" or pointing the finger. Human pride is a funny thing, if they've hired you, they know they've messed up, but don't want to accept it.
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@rusty-hacker yep. Made it a staple that when people hire me, I must at least finish the job. There's nothing worse than writing code and having it al been for nothing.
If they don't like my code, that's fine but they don't get my code. Simple as that.
Worst experience with a higher up?
At an old contract job (around 2013), I was contracted by the company to help guide their developers with me to rewrite their software (it was buggy as shit, they didn't know better.).
So, a month later, we are in the middle of the rewrite and the boss flies in pissed that it's not done yet, he had the audacity to accuse me of stealing contract work with no experience in the area.
I told him flat out, "you don't know what the hell you are talking about. If you didn't hire a JV coding team, you wouldn't need me to redirect your damn rewrite."
He fired me, so I went to his superior and told her the situation. She told me i completely deserved it.
Worse part was I got paid half of my contract. Didnt make that mistake again. 😒😒
Found out later that the company failed, declared bankruptcy. Felt pretty happy.
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fuck bosses
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