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From: JimP
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 14:02

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On Thu, 17 May 2018 08:22:25 -0400, Walter Banks
<wal...@bytecraft.com> wrote:

>On 2018-05-16 2:13 PM, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>> Hell is . . .
>
>Being told that they can't afford the time to do all the steps like,
>
>- Design then write
>- Functional requirements (Not in that order)
>- Testing
>
>The worst is mind based requirements. I really should have taken "Mind 
>reading 101"
>
>Even worst "I don't know what I want but make it happen"
>
>or "I can't tell you who the customer is or what they need, but it has 
>to be delivered"
>
>I have learned a lot about NDA and doing projects for customers.
>
>They range from "Don't tell and I won't tell, lets get the project done" to
>"I own everything you do or think of by all members of the next 3 
>generations in your family"
>
>You know the first NDA project will work just fine and the second will 
>be a disaster.
>
>w..

Yeah, I got told that 'we own what you think and do, even at home'. I
smiled, signed the document, and ignored them. I was asked if I was
doing any programming at home, I replied no, but I am taking photos of
my dice collection. They thought I was 'being argumentive', but I
showed them the web site, and then they stopped bothering me.

Did they say I was exccentric ? Well, not exactly.

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