What’s Common Between Opera Houses And Software Projects, or 10 Reasons Software Developers Go Overtime

What’s common between software and opera houses? Building of both often goes overtime. Read on to know why and what should you do about it, as a client or as a developer.

Many software projects go overtime. Software developers get blamed for that, laughed at, scorned at.

But guess what: it’s not only software developers.

Many building projects also go overtime, and most noticeably of all, perhaps, opera houses and concert halls.

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How I Hired Freelancers Who Went Way Over The Deadline

You know how the software developers are always mocked because they don’t comply with the time limits? Read this article about my experience of hiring a team of freelancers who went way over the deadline.

Not so long ago I hired a team of freelancers to work on a project of mine.

Everything started as it usually starts. I found several teams, some through friends and some – through a website. I met with team leaders, we discussed my requirements, we agreed on time and on a budget. I picked the team that looked the most reliable to me, they rolled up their sleeves and started to work.

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