Comments on: Should You “Fake It” If a Client Asks for Something You Can’t Do?

By: John

John — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:18:23 +0000

This is not a wise thing to do. If you don’t have the skill and your client is in demand of a project that requires something you cannot handle. DO NOT accept that project. It’s not fair to your client and it’s not fair to you. It’ll be the worse decision you make. Take it from somebody who’s had this happen twice now. I’m not going for a third strike on this.

By: Massy

Massy — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:08:07 +0000

I don’t know if fake it is what you want to do… but be honest and say you’re willing to do your best.. maybe offer a money-back guarantee to the client if they’re not satisfied at all

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By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:15:41 +0000

I am willing to stretch myself to take on a new challenge when I have the confidence to deliver the job. I will recommend the job to someone else or decline if it is beyond my means. What the client buys from me is not just the quality of my work but also trust and credibility. Trust and credibility do not come easily, I prefer to have that compare to a few extra bucks.

By: Jeremy Mack

Jeremy Mack — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:03:09 +0000

I never say that I cannot handle the project. I know enough about most applicable technologies to outsource and manage the development of just about anything web related. Print, on the other hand, is a much more unforgiving area, as small errors multiply quickly and are not an easy fix.

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By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:46:28 +0000

As an Internet user, I often find myself searching for a quick refresher on some technical information I don’t use often, (e.g. Linux shell commands or HTML syntax), as well as for an introduction to some product or issue with which I’m not familiar. More and more I end up at a bottom-feeder site with a bunch of cut and paste gobbledygook that pretends to address the subject, but is clearly both derivative and incompetent. If the Internet was only a corporation so it could fire these guys…

-Steve

By: matt

matt — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:27:21 +0000

I’ve had bad experiences dong this!

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