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    • Bill KindleB
      Bill Kindle @Minion Queen
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      @Minion-Queen said:

      Did you pad your hours by at least 20% clients that have environments like this will have MANY other things to cause some scope creep as well as the "gotchayas".

      Last major quote I did, I took what I though it would take me and doubled that number. Just told that customer that this particular part of the quote would be seperate and subject to change, which it did, and turned out to be half of the quote because I over-padded 🙂

      They were happy as they thought they got a helluva deal, I was happy because I was able to do the work in less time than I had planned and still got paid well.

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        Carnival Boy @Bill Kindle
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        @Bill-Kindle said:

        I was happy because I was able to do the work in less time than I had planned

        There should be a special word to describe the warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you finish an IT project in less time than you predicted. I just wish I felt it more often.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
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          @Carnival-Boy said:

          @Bill-Kindle said:

          I was happy because I was able to do the work in less time than I had planned

          There should be a special word to describe the warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you finish an IT project in less time than you predicted. I just wish I felt it more often.

          There probably is but it is likely a German word that we can't pronounce.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            Something similar to "Schadenfreude"

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            • Bill KindleB
              Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              Something similar to "Schadenfreude"

              But it wasn't their misfortune, they still paid way less than I could have charged and they let me get some experience I hadn't gotten yet. It benefited both parties.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle
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                @Bill-Kindle said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                Something similar to "Schadenfreude"

                But it wasn't their misfortune, they still paid way less than I could have charged and they let me get some experience I hadn't gotten yet. It benefited both parties.

                I'm just saying a word along those lines.

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                  A Former User @Carnival Boy
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                  @Carnival-Boy said:

                  @Bill-Kindle said:

                  I was happy because I was able to do the work in less time than I had planned

                  There should be a special word to describe the warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you finish an IT project in less time than you predicted. I just wish I felt it more often.

                  This happens to me all the time... Said no one ever.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    Just checked Amazon quickly:

                    WD Green 2TB: $80
                    WD Red 2TB: $100

                    Might be worth staying Green. That's a 25% increase.

                    I will double check with the vendor on the drive costs but I do believe it was close to this. That is why I specified Green.

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said:

                      What version of Office are they moving from? 2003? If that's the case that shows they get a good long life out of those licenses, I'd definitely go with the OV instead because you will more than likely have to deal with reinstalls, and the value spread over 8+ years (yeah I know 2003 came out 11 years ago) the cost is pretty darned low.

                      They do have Office 2003 now. They do not care about any other benefits. They also disagree on the cost over time with machine updates and will go with the key cards. /shrug I tried.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @Bill Kindle
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                        @Bill-Kindle said:

                        The CAL's seem a little high. I think I paid a few dollars less using Open Business for my licensing. Have you checked into that?

                        I use a preferred vendor unless the difference is more than 5%. Then I still might, but it will be a tough call.

                        @Bill-Kindle

                        Also, what kind of battery backup are you going to be using for this new setup?

                        Damnit. I knew I forgot something.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch
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                          @Minion-Queen I made use of the Veeam announcement today too. One of their questions was would Veeam backup their desktops too. MY answer now was 1st Quarter 2015 it will!

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                            @JaredBusch said:

                            @Minion-Queen I made use of the Veeam announcement today too. One of their questions was would Veeam backup their desktops too. MY answer now was 1st Quarter 2015 it will!

                            The community wins again!

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