[chrismeller]

And I’m not really saying otherwise, though I would somewhat disagree. I’m just saying that they weren’t necessarily (or even likely) thieving contractors who were just looking out for themselves. They built a respectable, usable, system.

Honestly the contractors I see in IT are usually the far opposite end: it works well enough that they’re happy and pay my bill and by the time it doesn’t work anymore I’ll be off to another gig, so who cares?

[playing_colours]

In many cases, the cause of the problem may not be contractors.

There are lots of clients that clearly set their expectations for contractors who they see as expensive necessary evil: they want you to deliver fast and now, they do not want to hear that bubble that it will take longer to deliver a robust system.

[remilouf]

In this case no one technically competent was here to manage them. There were no expectations.