On: Anxiety in product development

[wnmurphy]

> To get an idea what kind of problems they're dealing with, I started by working two weeks in the restaurant.

LOVE this.

[codr7 → wnmurphy]

And as a result, the system is a total success so far.

Without any kind of specifications or design meetings beyond a 5 minute chat here and there.

[cutemonster → codr7]

Can I ask whose idea was it that you work in the restaurant? I love that and such people (who do like you do) I'd like to work with

It was your idea? What did they say, they were surprised?

[codr7 → cutemonster]

It was their idea, and I was a bit surprised, but it felt like the right thing to do and for once I was my own boss.

The guy who's running the restaurant together with his wife is/was an engineer, he hasn't done any coding but he knows enough to be aware of the specification problem.

[cutemonster → codr7]

Nice clients to work with :-)

I'm curious about if you get paid / if you charge software developer rates when working in the restaurant?