RE: [PHP] [Semi-OT] Tonns of jobs available

On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 14:54 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 11:46 AM -0400 10/10/08, TG wrote: > >I had a free Guru.com account when I was working freelance and job hunting > >and all that, and I didn't bother submitting a single proposal because I > >could see how all the jobs went. People would submit a reasonable proposal > >and eventually it would get to the point where someone was bidding $1 to do > >the job. That was $1 plus $5,000 or something in "additional work" or some > >stupidity. > > I had one guy respond to my bid and ask how much I charged. I replied > "$50 per hour". > > To which he said "$50! I never paid more than $25 per hour -- will > you work for that?" > > I replied "Sure, but it's going to take me twice as long to get anything done." > > I didn't get the job. > > Actually, if I really punched a time clock, I'm probably making > around $25 per hour (or less) anyway. It's a good thing I love the > work, but it's usually the clients who are the main problem. Too bad > they often stand in the way of what they really want done. > > I had another respond to my bid. They wanted a way they could upload > Word documents to a server and have them automagically become pdf > files. I said, "Why don't you just do it directly from Word?" Poof -- > I lost that contract. > > Another said that they wanted a way to upload pdf files and then > inject input fields directly into the uploaded pdf file. > > I told them that's not an easy thing to do considering how PDF files > are constructed. So I suggested creating an online form and > generating pdf files on the fly. I even made a demo for them to use. > But, the client said "No, we need to be able use our existing pdf > files. > > So, I researched the hell out of it some more and came to the > conclusion that it would be very difficult and told them so. > > They answered "Oh, don't worry about it, we already found someone who > can do it. He showed us a way that we could use an online form and > generate pdf files on the fly." > > Duh! > > Is everyone stupid or is it just me? :-) > > Cheers, > > tedd > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com > We've all been there. I put together a site at work, and despite my best efforts, the girl who is in-charge of adding content keeps making the same mistakes, like trying to upload a PDF in a field clearly marked CSV (and then wondering why it doesn't work) or adding a new article and wonder why it doesn't appear in date order if she doesn't specify a date (articles often get added at times other than they occur) or why when she uploads a 1024*768 BMP file, the site has trouble converting it, despite asking for a much smaller JPG file! All these problems are just on one site and with one woman. My whole base is like this! Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk