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Hakmeh Mohannad wrote: automatic summary of company solutions
What in the world does that mean?
Hakmeh Mohannad wrote: is this correct or what?
No idea because I have no idea what you need to do.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I do a lot of freelance work that often involves transferring large files that don't compress well or at all really. Security and speed are of most importance. I'm somewhat tech savvy, but I'm by no means a full stack developer. Anyone else here have any success transferring a lot of files with few issues? Free or paid solutions will work, but nothing exorbitantly expensive please. 
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I sometimes use WeTransfer[^] for that.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Nice 
Saved for later use 
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I can really recomment BitTorrent Sync (now called Resilio connect) which relies on 1:1/direct connections, taking away the cloud as a slowing down middleman.[Resilio^]
there is no limit to the size and transfer speed depends basically on the connections of the clients - also group sharing is possible.
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Hello
I just found this really nice software, but I am missing one feature. When i hit the "clock"-button next to the "Spent"-column, the time in the "Spent"-column starts ticking. I can also see that I can right click a lin, go to "Other task attributes" and click "Add time to task log time". In this window I can put a check mark in the "Also add time to task's time spent", and if I then add a negative amount of time, the hours spent will decrease.
But I don't find this to be a good way to edit the time. Let's say that I with an accident started the timer for wrong task. I would then like to go into that task, get an overview of every time I have started/stopped the timer, and then select the wrongly added amount of time, and delete it.
Is this possible in any way? Or could it be made?
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If you are referring to an article at CodeProject you can post such questions in the article forum (scroll down to the end of page when viewing the article).
This forum is definitely the wrong place. It is about work related discussions:
"Talk about work issues, get tips on resume writing, hiring, firing, office issues, co-workers and coffee etiquette."
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Member 12594890 wrote: Is this possible in any way? Or could it be made?
The answer is yes, anything is possible when you can write code. But that's the only answer we can give you since you didn't even mention what program you are using. Not sure what you were really looking for.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I use \d*000$ for a multiple of 1000..
I am searching for a code of multiples of 250 and 500
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You haven't had a reply in 10 months, probably because it is the wrong forum and because you don't state what language you are using. On the assumption that you are looking for a Regular Expression, you could try \d*(000|250|500|750)$
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Hello,
Could you help me to get contacts to find a developers or IT consulting company at Hong Kong?
I don't know where to start.
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Most companies will use a recruitment agency for developers but you can go direct and simply advertise you needs on a job board.
IT Consulting companies will advertise so a search of Google should get a bunch of results.
Getting a good one of either is the challenge!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Hello, this is my first post. I came here for advice regarding casual contract work for programmers.
I'm a recent graduate, and I took on a casual contract with an organisation as the sole developer to build a non-commercial Java application and which would pay a set amount at the completion of the project. Because of the nature of software development work - shifting requirements, debugging and ongoing maintenance, etc. - I was a little worried about the nature of the contract, but I knew the people fairly well and trusted them to be fair, and I really needed the work!
Well, requirements did continue to shift, and new things added to the project, and the time-frame kept expanding, and I was eventually paid less and less per hour until in the end it was barely worth my time (and I didn't know how to say no to them!).
My question is: has any one else had experience with this kind of contract, and what was your experience like? How did you handle the contractual relationship when requirements continued to be added and changed? Was I completely idiotic to take on a contract with these conditions for this kind of work?
Thanks very much!
R.
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ra-oul wrote: How did you handle the contractual relationship when requirements continued to be added and changed?
By being very specific with the scope of the job. I do exactly what's written on the requirements document, which you Company have read and signed, for that amount of money. X modifications and Y hours of support are included, after that we renegotiate.
ra-oul wrote: Was I completely idiotic to take on a contract with these conditions for this kind of work?
Idiotic? No. Naive? Yes, but you're inexperienced so it's easy to fall into this pitfalls. What doesn't kill you makes you smarter.
The general rule of thumb is to be specific and explicit. What happens if you're not satisfied with the final product? What happens if I have to call back on the project? What happens should the company cut off the project? And by "what happens" I'm talking about "How much do I get paid / have I to refund to the company" and "What are my legal liabilities".
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If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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ra-oul wrote: has any one else had experience with this kind of contract
Probably most of us have been down this track in our early years of developing. As has been suggested be as specific as possible, I would be surprised if you even had a spec document probably more likely a requirements statement and worked from there.
In my later years I would take the requirements meeting and maybe 2 others. I would then give them and estimate to write the specification.
Once you have written the spec you should have reduced the potential scope creep. Note, you will never eliminate it! So now you should be able to put an estimate on the development costs (you will get it wrong so go high). Then note that additional requirements will mean additional funding.
Try and identify milestones where you can get paid and how much of the pot you can get at each milestone. This should help you get a reasonable return for your time.
Never forget your reputation is worth more than money so leaving the client satisfied is very important as you need references more than pots of money.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Always negotiate an hourly rate.
Period.
Else you WILL be screwed.
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Everyone makes beginner mistakes because we all were beginners. Don't be embarrassed; learn from the experience and move on.
* Always have a contract. Always. If nothing else make sure there is a document that spells out in detail exactly what each party expects of each other; in the simplest cases that may be an email message. But if (_when_, really) it changes, it's equally important to update that document.
* Read Weinberg's The Secrets of Consulting, a book I've given as a gift at least 10 times over the years. One important lesson you'll gain from it is that "The answer to any client query, 'Can you do this?' is always: 'Yes: And this is what it will cost you.'" The cost may be in time or cash or any number of other things. It always surprises me what people are/aren't willing to pay for; make sure you set a price that makes you happy if they respond, "Sure, that works."
* Get money up front. The most common breakdowns are "half in advance, half at completion" though for some projects it may be, "x% at signing; x% at [some midpoint, where you both can see what the end result will look like; x% at completion." Be very clear in the contract what "completion" looks like. You might think it's, "The site is live!" but the client may believe it is, "When the CEO approves it" and she is on a year long sabbatical.
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I know that a lot of the CP members here are contractors/consultants (or were at some time), and I wanted to get some feedback on how you find work contracts:
• Word of mouth
• Professional networking/events
• Employment sites (Monster, etc.)
• Direct contact with companies
• Recruiters
• Etc.
And so on…
I am curious how you find contracts, what channels you prefer, which you try to avoid and why.
Thanks,
Andreas Mertens
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I visit employment site, find a vacancy, then go to the company and write directly to them. I think, if you write directly to the company, they'll see, that you are really interested working with them
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Agencies dont hand out their clients name so it often takes a bit of digging around to find the firm.
If you speak to the agency, then they pretty much own you in respect of that job, and can take you to court if they find out you have cut them out of the deal.
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So im asking for guidance on which programming language to learn if i have basic knowledge of MS-access, and my goal is to be able to create a web based database with the latest futuristic tools by myself, and sell it to small businesses.
so far 2 companies rejected the idea of access, even after proposing the migration of tables to SQL server to bypass the 2 GB limit :S , however its safe to say they were fairly large businesses.
P.S , thank you for ur time
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In my opinion, stick with Microsoft. Use ASP.Net and SQL. Learn C#.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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ok thx for the advice, what do u think is the language to begin with
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| C#
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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