Comments on: The Small Business Web Design Client from Hell http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2005/09/the-small-business-web-design-client-from-hell/ Kickass info re CSS, WordPress Themes, ModX Templates, CubeCart Templates, CMS Templates, WebDev News, and occasional weird personal observations. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:06:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BJ http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2005/09/the-small-business-web-design-client-from-hell/#comment-67 BJ Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:11:54 +0000 http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2005/09/the-small-business-web-design-client-from-hell/#comment-67 I wish I had that luxury in this case! This job was brought in by my occasional project partner, he was the client interface, and all the experience I could have brought to bear was filtered through him, which made a difficult experience more so, especially since my sometime partner in projects is a great guy and wonderful to work with, and I was between a rock and a hard place- wanting to just ditch the job and not wanting to hurt this guy I've grown to enjoy working with, and who was "paying a piece of tuition" on this one in the school of hard knocks. Unfortunately I had to cough up a piece too, even though I've already been there and done that, for the sake of protecting this working relationship I've grown to value. Makes me remember a bumper sticker I saw recently- "OH NO! Not another LIFE LESSON! RUN!" I wish I had that luxury in this case! This job was brought in by my occasional project partner, he was the client interface, and all the experience I could have brought to bear was filtered through him, which made a difficult experience more so, especially since my sometime partner in projects is a great guy and wonderful to work with, and I was between a rock and a hard place- wanting to just ditch the job and not wanting to hurt this guy I’ve grown to enjoy working with, and who was “paying a piece of tuition” on this one in the school of hard knocks. Unfortunately I had to cough up a piece too, even though I’ve already been there and done that, for the sake of protecting this working relationship I’ve grown to value.

Makes me remember a bumper sticker I saw recently- “OH NO! Not another LIFE LESSON! RUN!”

]]> By: Irish Web Design http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2005/09/the-small-business-web-design-client-from-hell/#comment-66 Irish Web Design Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:14:00 +0000 http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2005/09/the-small-business-web-design-client-from-hell/#comment-66 Everyone in the industry goes through this at the start. I think it is very important that they do. You need to learn how to deal with this kind of client/customer. At the end of it all and when you come out the other side, you will see it is not really the client that is problem at all, it is your skills in dealing with them from the get go and management of the client. Its a science in itself, but you get used to it. Everyone in the industry goes through this at the start. I think it is very important that they do. You need to learn how to deal with this kind of client/customer. At the end of it all and when you come out the other side, you will see it is not really the client that is problem at all, it is your skills in dealing with them from the get go and management of the client. Its a science in itself, but you get used to it.

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