Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract? To : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp From : rem642b Date : Tue Aug 16 2005 12:00 am > From: > His idea of skills is displaying his Hello World programs on his web site. You blindly walk up to an elephant, reach out, and feel one tooth, and immediately conclude that tooth is the entire elephant. I suggest you play this game: Connect to this URL: http://shell.rawbw.com/~rem/cgi-bin/topscript.cgi Select the radio button titled "Random words from file" Click on the submit button titled "Start the demo of SegMat per ..." then try to guess the missing words. Each time you get one correct, read the enlarged text to get an idea of something I have accomplished. Then press BACK button on your browser until you're back at the big form, then press the submit button again to start the game with a new random world. While you're playing that game repeatedly, see if you can find *any* mention whatsoever of Hello World programs among the accomplishments I'm proud of. .