Do you have experiences of bad coders?


	Do you have experiences of bad coders?

CarpetDog

10-14-2007 5:47 PM

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Tips and tricks of dealing with coders - tips for coders dealing with clients

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				<A title="Permanent link to Do you have experiences of bad coders?" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.carpetdog.co.uk/blog/2007/10/14/do-you-have-experiences-of-bad-coders/">Do you have experiences of bad coders?</A>
			</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carpetdog.co.uk/blog/2007/10/14/do-you-have-experiences-of-bad-coders/"><P>Having experience of using local and outsourced programmers:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carpetdog.co.uk/blog/2007/10/14/do-you-have-experiences-of-bad-coders/"><P>Never EVER believe the following from a programmer:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carpetdog.co.uk/blog/2007/10/14/do-you-have-experiences-of-bad-coders/"><P>1. Examples of work* (unless on the site of someone you know and they’ve been openly using it for at least 3-6 months)
2. Testimonials (unless from someone you know - see 1 above)
3. Reviews (unless from someone you know - see 1 above)
4. Sites they’ve developed (see 1 above)
5. Certification of ownership/rights (coders can disappear overnight when they are found out)
6. Statistics (PR can be forged, traffic can easily be diverted, forum posts/comments/testimonials can be forged)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carpetdog.co.uk/blog/2007/10/14/do-you-have-experiences-of-bad-coders/"><P>My experiences:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carpetdog.co.uk/blog/2007/10/14/do-you-have-experiences-of-bad-coders/">Good coders cost good money.
Almost all of the time, when starting a fledgling project, money is tight and you have a deadline - some coders take advantage of this.
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