Re: A tale of duplicates
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 13:57:23 -0400
Message-ID: <hNmdnU34ZbkKu_XcRVn-jQ_at_comcast.com>
"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
news:_WT9d.210306$MQ5.191327_at_attbi_s52...
> "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:O_qdndNMpYsdV_rcRVn-hA_at_comcast.com...
> >
> > I didn't get the contract. The broker said the client had called me
"too
> > theoretical". The broker thought that meant "too expensive." They
didn't
> > want a computer consultant. They wanted a temp coder.
>
> I have a friend who has a nice saying to cover these sorts of cases.
> Whenever she realizes, in retrospect, that she's done something
> suboptimal, she says "You pay more when you're stupid."
Yeah, well that company is no more. They actually engineered some of the finest stuff I ever saw. They just didn't know how to run a business. Received on Sat Oct 09 2004 - 19:57:23 CEST