Edward Zuris
edzedz at comcast.net
Mon Jan 30 11:00:12 CST 2012
I too am a one man shop, with a dog. The dog's job is to bark when the door bell rings. Scope creep is a big deal with my life, but it is a living. Where else is an old over 50 year old going to work. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:35 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Burn-out Mark, I'm more or less in the same boat; for a one-man shop, time management is always a problem. I'm generally steady or going crazy. Right now it's crazy...have worked the past three weekends and a forth is coming up. I think part of the answer is making sure your clients set priorities on what they want done, then work on them in that order. I'm a bit different though in that I don't work on contracts, but strictly by the hour. That keeps things flexible and minimizes scope creep. But there's no happy place for a one-man shop. Just the nature of the beast. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:42 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Burn-out Sorry no - I'm the management !!! But I've got clients with deadlines and budgets....that THEY SET. I just can't seem to get to a cruising speed of 60 mph. I'm either at zero(doing nothing) or 100 mph(multiple concurrent contracts)....and veering out-of-control. That's my current state. > > Hi Mark > Blame management for poor resource planning. That's the essence of > this. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com