My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
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My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
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Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#2In this case, it's probably a good idea to fire the customer. These types of outrageous requests don't exist in a vacuum. People like this are very difficult to deal with, tend to be very miserly, and will be a non-stop headache. The customer will question everything you do, why you did certain things a certain way (even if he or she has no idea what they are talking about), etc. Drop kick this customer from your life - it's not worth it.
Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#3My first thought was to reply "that's outside the contract and subject to my standard rate".
What's the standard rate? £400/hour for this, including set-up time, transferring the files etc.
The number doesn't even matter - just make it big enough to be worth your while in putting up with such nonsense.
Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#4Well, the customer is always right. I wonder if I can offer that as a competitive advantage.
I'm only half-joking. I can't see how the customer will get any value out of the videos though. I guess this only makes sense if the customer is one of those bewildering people who assume programming is just typing all the time.
Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#5Record yourself typing like mad for 10 minutes. Montage a 40-hour loop.
Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#6In this case, it's probably a good idea to fire the customer. These types of outrageous requests don't exist in a vacuum. People like this are very difficult to deal with, tend to be very miserly, and will be a non-stop headache. The customer will question everything you do, why you did certain things a certain way (even if he or she has no idea what they are talking about), etc. Drop kick this customer from your lif…
If the client is 'not worth it' you're just not charging enough. Just work out what your price is and send them a new quote. Don't ever fire a client, that's just silly. Make the client say no.
Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#7Fire the customer
It's not even worth the cost of justifying it.
It's very simple: "I don't do this kind of service"
You'll waste less time that can be put to better usage like getting other customers
Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#8Reminds me of http://hackertyper.net/ -- several characters appear for each keystroke :D
Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#9Record yourself typing like mad for 10 minutes. Montage a 40-hour loop.
This is one creative solution ...
Re: My customer wants me to record a video of how I develop his software product
#10Record yourself typing like mad for 10 minutes. Montage a 40-hour loop.
Just write a script that outputs "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" for 40 hours, see how that tickles him.