Survey Results

Yes.

One can legitimately consider these numbers as priorities so read them this way: "1 is my first priority and 5 is the least" (Unfortunately, different web sites consider different meanings which make things even more complicated.)

The first days that I registered to this web site articles had such a way of rating. I can remember that I gave a 1 to an article that I thought should has the top mark(compared to A+ and C-) Thanks to CP admins who changed that to Poor and Excellent.

What we see in this poll is either weak design or ignoring users feedbacks Big Grin | :-D

// "Life is very short and is very fragile also." Yanni
while (I'm_alive)
{
cout<<"I love programming.";
}

Other way around. The description says "1 = not important, 5 = very important"

regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa

Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law:
As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.

ooo, reverse my answers.

Gary

I can't

regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa

Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law:
As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.

Never mind. I did it right. Smile | :)

Gary

What to the 1 and the 5 mean?

Is 1 really yes or really no?

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5 is most important and 1 is least important

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At first, I was somewhat surprised that "The boss/cloent is happy" isn't a runaway first place, by miles. Ok, only 42 answers so far, so maybe too early to tell, but to my mind, and the way I run my business, this is the only thing that really matters - the others are nice, and may indeed affect how happy the client is, but their satisfaction has to be the number one concern.

Then I realised I was thinking about my situatiom where I don't have a boss, only clients... and in their case, more than with a boss at work, there is another important aspect that isn't in the poll: "Good cummunication and relationship with the client" - as long as you have that, the other issues tend to take care of themselves.

But anyway, how happy your boss or your client is, will depend largely on the other points in the poll, and how important each of these is depends on the particular job, surely.

"A job well done" means different things to different people

- it also means different things on different jobs; some jobs may require a strict deadline, others not, for example. The boss/client and the job itself will (or should!) detemine what constitutes a "job well done" for each particular job, not you, the developer. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think this is a totally pointless and useless poll!! Sorry...

Fred

All entries show the same number of votes(15 at the moment) while different percentages and chart!

// "Life is very short and is very fragile also." Yanni
while (I'm_alive)
{
cout<<"I love programming.";
}

No, becase everyone who voted, voted on *all* of the questions .. just in different values ..

Regards,
Tadej

That's right!
This cold influenced my reasoning today. I have a headache and it seems that I have to post less when I'm sick.;)

// "Life is very short and is very fragile also." Yanni
while (I'm_alive)
{
cout<<"I love programming.";
}

Option	Votes	1	2	3	4	5
The job is done on time	1,722	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
The job is done within budget	1,722	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
The job is done error free	1,722	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
The job is fully documented	1,722	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
The client / boss etc is happy	1,722	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
The job matches the initial specs perfectly	1,722	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
The design and implementation was first rate	1,722	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

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