Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Sep 2 11:50:47 CDT 2011
I have six clients that I have been supporting for over 15 years...the oldest one is 24 years. There is not a system that cannot be improved and I never mention, to any of them, how much they have paid me in total. When cost is discussed, we talk about our dealings as an extended insurance policy and everyone seems happy. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 1:41 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] freelancing job sites (OT Reply) 9 years and 240K later one of my clients is still adding to the system I write for them (in Access). I started in July 2002. We are about to migrate the data to SQL Server. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com On 8/22/2011 3:51 PM, Mark Simms wrote: >> Lately, my 'salesman' has been taking my time/money quotes, and not >> adjusting them properly. When I say 2 weeks, he should be telling his >> customer 4 weeks, instead, he tells them 1 week, and hounds me. > > Sorry, I've got to "top" that one. > A couple of years ago I was hired to enhance a system that basically was a > custom-made CRM for a very specialized business. > There were no off-the-shelf packages, so their in-house developer wrote it > over a period of 3 years. > It was built using VB6, Access 97, and a bunch of 3rd party controls. > They lost the licenses and the developer, so I gave them the option of > building out additional functionality via Access 97. > It was to provide a new source of revenue for them. 6-8 weeks later it was > done. > > Management then decided they wanted to rewrite the whole system....I gave > them a proposal in Access 2007 for $80,000 and 8 months time which they > rejected. Instead, they signed a development company to do it in dot-net/SQL > Server. I was disappointed, I thought I had given them a "bargain". Their > volume did not dictate a need for a heavy-duty database. > > Two years and $250,000 later, the dot-net system is still nowhere near > completed. > > Lesson: in IT freelancing, it's so easy to get burned. > > > > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com