Fear is the path to the Dark Side.....

THE FOOL would have been pissing in his pants. Worse still, he might probably have crapped his pants if we scared him even more.

He went for a software demo at Sunway Hotel yesterday morning. I'll bet my last dollar that he asked some questions at the Q&A session after the demo was over. SH and I discussed it and thought that from a developer's standpoint he'd probably asked:

a) How long it took for the system to be completed
b) How many people it took to develop the system
c) How much the system cost

He commented to us that the software seemed simple, while ours had a lot more features. He even said that he thought our software can't be done in 3 months. Isn't that what we have been trying to tell him all the while? We could see it in his actions, he was pacing around with a worried look on his face. Checking with us on the project status. He was even trying to help even though he was doing more harm than good.

Maybe he'll finally listen. I guess it all comes down to him not trusting us. Perhaps he thought we were trying to con our way out of not doing the job for him.

Almost fell asleep in front of the computer at work today. I didn't realise looking through database fields could be so mentally draining. The worse thing is that the database wasn't properly designed by the people who did our previous demo. In fact, I don't even think the previous people even bothered to attempt designing it. Right now, it's like sifting through piles and piles of shit. Everything is a complete mess. There's no documentation for reference, the field names are shit. Gary will be pissed if he found out we designed databases like this.

Hopefully SH and I can do a better job. At least we're off to a good start by doing documentation. That should help the next batch of people who'll be taking over or continuing our jobs in the future.

I guess its off to bed early tonight. Don't want to be falling asleep in front of the PC again tomorrow.

p/s: Kok PS, I know you'll probably be reading this. Welcome! Hope you like the special acknowledgement I did specially for you :D