More client-based frustration this week as an angry web developer tells his know-it-all client where to get off.
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Dear idiot client,
My memory may be a little foggier than it was in my youth, but if I recall you hired me to help develop your website? This is my speciality. It’s what I do for a living, it’s how I make money and my business is built on my reputation for doing it well.
I know you think your service is going to be the next Apple-Google-Facebook-insert-successful-company-here, but unless you listen to me on some quite fundamental points it won’t because the website won’t work. Not only will it not work, it will be a horrendously poor experience for anyone who tries to use it.
While we’re on the subject of websites not working, no you cannot have a discount if the site I develop doesn’t work in IE6. Would you ask for a discount from a car salesman if the car you purchased didn’t fly? Would you ask for a discount at a restaurant if you dinner didn’t satisfy you sexually? No, I thought not – and that’s what you’re asking for.
I’m not asking much. Just listen to me. I do this every day. I know you’re a savvy entrepreneur with your Evian and your several iPads – you concentrate on the business development side of things (which you’re good at), and I’ll concentrate on the web development (which I’m good at). We’ll play to our strength and we’ll both win.
Deal? Deal.
Yours,
Bitterly silent HTML + CSS slave
Photo by William Gunn
