Comments on: Professionalism http://www.zx81.org.uk/computing/opinion/professionalism.html Photography, opinions and other random ramblings by Stephen Darlington Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Arethuza http://www.zx81.org.uk/computing/opinion/professionalism.html/comment-page-1/#comment-51481 Arethuza Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:24:05 +0000 http://www.zx81.org.uk/?p=1039#comment-51481 +1 BJ From the perspective of the consulting company you screwed up - they are there to charge as much to the client as possible. What is ironic is that this behaviour is *exactly* the the opposite of what most people understand by "Professional". Which is obviously why they use that term. +1 BJ

From the perspective of the consulting company you screwed up – they are there to charge as much to the client as possible.

What is ironic is that this behaviour is *exactly* the the opposite of what most people understand by “Professional”. Which is obviously why they use that term.

]]> By: Mark Rudnick http://www.zx81.org.uk/computing/opinion/professionalism.html/comment-page-1/#comment-51478 Mark Rudnick Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:25:14 +0000 http://www.zx81.org.uk/?p=1039#comment-51478 sometimes being "unprofessional" means that you didn't inflate the cost sufficiently. sometimes being “unprofessional” means that you didn’t inflate the cost sufficiently.

]]> By: BJ http://www.zx81.org.uk/computing/opinion/professionalism.html/comment-page-1/#comment-51477 BJ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:57:56 +0000 http://www.zx81.org.uk/?p=1039#comment-51477 You obviously mistook consultancy for work. Consultants get paid by the hour. You just wiped out their billable hours. You obviously mistook consultancy for work.

Consultants get paid by the hour. You just wiped out their billable hours.

]]> By: Mike http://www.zx81.org.uk/computing/opinion/professionalism.html/comment-page-1/#comment-51476 Mike Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:28:16 +0000 http://www.zx81.org.uk/?p=1039#comment-51476 I've run into similar circumstances. I've since just written the scripts/tools, and then kept them to myself. I’ve run into similar circumstances. I’ve since just written the scripts/tools, and then kept them to myself.

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