Re:Ask HN: Impossible client? Impossible playing field?
by brudgers on Monday November 26, 2012 @02:43PM
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You and your client are two people separated by a common language.
I followed your link to Github. This is the first item:
"Improved scheduling with jQuery-based time/date-picker.
Removed secon"
Well not exactly, I skipped over:
"Merge pull request #31 from ASoft-se/bugfix_get_assets"
Plus:
"Clone in Windows"
And:
"Branch: master" etc.
If I'm your client, do you really think I want to deal with that? If I'm your client do I even care about that level of detail?
There are some sausage factories which are interesting, architecture is generally one for which people love seeing the process of creation. Most aren't, as your experience using VIM in public attests.
Your client cares about a few simple things: when it will be done, how much it will cost, and what it will do. If your email explains those details it will be successful.
The fact that your client saved trying to understand your solution for the weekend indicates meaningful effort on their part, but it's not surprising that they are baffled by Github. It's not for lay people.
I followed your link to Github. This is the first item:
Well not exactly, I skipped over: Plus: And: If I'm your client, do you really think I want to deal with that? If I'm your client do I even care about that level of detail?There are some sausage factories which are interesting, architecture is generally one for which people love seeing the process of creation. Most aren't, as your experience using VIM in public attests.
Your client cares about a few simple things: when it will be done, how much it will cost, and what it will do. If your email explains those details it will be successful.
The fact that your client saved trying to understand your solution for the weekend indicates meaningful effort on their part, but it's not surprising that they are baffled by Github. It's not for lay people.
Good luck.