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Client asks for a sponsorship page that has rows of logos, 6 rows total. "Okay."

They want the logos at the top to be bigger than the ones below. "Sure."

They want the logos to decrease in size by 20% per row. "But there are 6 rows...?"

"Our agreement says 20% difference between each sponsor tier. Can you do it?"

"Okay...but, I don't think you want 20%..."

"Hey, why can't we see any logos on the bottom row..."

😤😤😤

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  • 1
    7y
    Do you have messages of the "decrease by 20% per row" or was it verbal?
  • 3
    7y
    It was verbal in the meeting, so it appears in meeting notes and they gave me a web layout ... In PowerPoint ... and inside the layout they have:

    "20% decrease in logo size as we move down each level." Bold. In red font.
  • 3
    7y
    "Why can't we see the logos?"

    Show them the notes and be Iike "Well look at what you requested against my advising."
  • 1
    7y
    Oh, for sure. Easily dealt with, just irks me that people barely think about anything before asking it.

    In this case I guess 20% decrease looks good on paper but no one stopped to think what the implications of a request like that occurs when you have 6+ rows of logos.
  • 20
    7y
    Surely this is a 20% decrease on the previous row? So if row one is 100px high then row six will be ~32px. I haven't checked my maths but roughly: 100 80 64 51 40 32.
  • 2
    7y
    @DeadInside That's basically what I delivered so that you can still see the bottom row and the logos look like they reduce in size evenly.

    When marketing was attempting to explain it, they assumed 20% from the top row... Yeah. Meaning row 5 is 0% and row 6 is now -20%
  • 3
    7y
    Unless I'm not understanding correctly, isn't this a case of taking something a client said too literally? Surely you'd need to calculate a scaling factor based the total number of logos and a minimum logo size (so it remains visible).
  • 2
    7y
    I think 20% per row but always from the previous row.
  • 0
    7y
    Did I miss something? They clearly said 20 percent and not 20 percentage points
  • 0
    7y
    @7400 It was a stupid request they had and then they disliked their stupid request lol
  • 6
    7y
    @deusprogrammer
    ...and he delivered exactly this.
  • 0
    7y
    @okkimus ah. You’re right. I figured this was just another primadonna programmer thinking the client was stupid while not thinking about the actual requirements.
  • 2
    7y
    @deusprogrammer

    Nope, 12 years freelancing. 100% self taught. Still more to learn. Shitty clients or not stay humble theirs always a better developer than "you (meaning me in this context)" (the bigger fish).

    I just keep my mouth shut and rant here. #devRantsavesdevs
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