I'm afraid I have to disagree on one point: "You must be the client's idea of professional. This may or may not be the same as your own." In my view you should always maintain your own standards of professionalism. If the customer tells you 'This is how we do things', then fine. But tell them what damage their bad practices could do them once and once only, and don't get yourself into bad habits that could turn around and bite you on the next contract.

Perhaps temper your working practices temporarily whilst still trying to gently lead the customer towards good practice.

Professionalism doesn't have to make you look pompous - if you explain why you adhere to certain standards, and explain what can go wrong if you don't, then you look like what you are - a skilled outsider with valuable experience to share.

g0n, backpropagated monk

In reply to Re: Professionalism can be bad by g0n
in thread Professionalism can be bad by Whitehawke

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