Comments on: Education vs Justification http://connectionrequired.com/blog/2008/03/education-vs-justification/ Deploying quality code, one relationship at a time Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:33:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: jonathan http://connectionrequired.com/blog/2008/03/education-vs-justification/#comment-48 jonathan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://localhost.local/?p=126#comment-48 <p>fantastic article. </p> fantastic article.

]]> By: Eugen Anghel http://connectionrequired.com/blog/2008/03/education-vs-justification/#comment-49 Eugen Anghel Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://localhost.local/?p=126#comment-49 <p>What about the possibility that the client won't understand what the heck refactoring is? Or worse, if he pulls a "we need it fast" card? Yeah, it's nice to (try and) educate the client and it's definitely "the right way", but my sad experience has been that they won't usually get it. They'll just want it faster, and there aren't many who can afford to say "no". So I kind of try to do what you wanted to do in the first place.</p> <p>Then again, maybe it's the outsourcing getting to me.. are you hiring? :)</p> What about the possibility that the client won’t understand what the heck refactoring is? Or worse, if he pulls a “we need it fast” card? Yeah, it’s nice to (try and) educate the client and it’s definitely “the right way”, but my sad experience has been that they won’t usually get it. They’ll just want it faster, and there aren’t many who can afford to say “no”. So I kind of try to do what you wanted to do in the first place.

Then again, maybe it’s the outsourcing getting to me.. are you hiring? :)

]]> By: BigJ http://connectionrequired.com/blog/2008/03/education-vs-justification/#comment-50 BigJ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://localhost.local/?p=126#comment-50 <p>I rarely have a problem with Education. I usually get the impression that prospective customers are very appriciative of the 'right way' estimate since it's likely the competition will use the cut corners approach.</p> <p>I have also learned, througth experiance, that when you loose after trying to educate, you didn't want to win it anyway.</p> I rarely have a problem with Education. I usually get the impression that prospective customers are very appriciative of the ‘right way’ estimate since it’s likely the competition will use the cut corners approach.

I have also learned, througth experiance, that when you loose after trying to educate, you didn’t want to win it anyway.

]]> By: Zach Moazeni http://connectionrequired.com/blog/2008/03/education-vs-justification/#comment-51 Zach Moazeni Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://localhost.local/?p=126#comment-51 <p>bq. I have also learned, througth experiance, that when you loose after trying to educate, you didn’t want to win it anyway.</p> <p>BigJ, I really identify with those sentiments. Very well put!</p> bq. I have also learned, througth experiance, that when you loose after trying to educate, you didn’t want to win it anyway.

BigJ, I really identify with those sentiments. Very well put!

]]> By: Ilja Preuß http://connectionrequired.com/blog/2008/03/education-vs-justification/#comment-52 Ilja Preuß Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://localhost.local/?p=126#comment-52 <blockquote>They’ll just want it faster, and there aren’t many who can afford to say "no".</blockquote> <p>Not even asking the customer is also a way of saying "no", just in a more arrogant way. It's certainly easier in the short run, but I wholeheartedly believe that it leads to dysfunctional relationships in the long run.</p> They’ll just want it faster, and there aren’t many who can afford to say “no”.

Not even asking the customer is also a way of saying “no”, just in a more arrogant way. It’s certainly easier in the short run, but I wholeheartedly believe that it leads to dysfunctional relationships in the long run.

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