Re: PDM/SEU

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Douglas,

In a message dated 6/1/00 1:43:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dhandy@isgroup.net writes:

> > Try hiring someone with _EVERYTHING_, like you suggest, and see how well 
you 
>  >can afford them.  Every shop is different, thus the tools are different.  
>  
>  If I hire a carpenter, I expect him to have a collection of power
>  tools for the most common tasks.  I'd really question the efficiency
>  of one who only used hand saws and 16oz hammers to frame a house.
<<snip>>

People that hire consultants generally want said consultants to generate code 
that is maintainable in-house.  Hand saws and 16 ounce hammers are the 
equivalent of SEU/SDA.  A programmer's tools are _NOTHING_ like that.  You 
actually _expect_ that a programmer should bring ASE, Metric, Roman, and 
arbitrary tools to the job, at a cost of $1K plus apiece, just so they can 
accede to your demands?

Consultants/contractors don't bring along their own tool set because they 
never know what a particular client would want.  Carrying around a "tool 
belt" would _BREAK_ most independent contractors.  The "power Mitre box" 
would generate code unmaintainable by the in-house staff.  You wanna hire me 
for more than $200/hour, then I'll _BRING_ a tool kit :)...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people." 
-- Lucille. S. Harper
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