claus - 1:37 pm on Oct 24, 2004 (gmt 0)

I do quite a lot of subcontracting, and i generally find that it's a nice way to get some extra business.

As to:
>> How to tell your employer his work is terrible

- you don't. It's just a job, so get it done and concentrate on your part. Your "employer" in this case, is your customer, it's not the "end customer" that is your customer.

If i was doing a web page for some firm, say a bank or whatever, then i wouldn't want to tell them that their way of doing their business (the banking) sucks. That's their business, i've got mine. My aim would be to get repeat purchase, ie. another order sometime, so the customer comes first, just like the old saying "the customer's always right" (even when you know better).

I would suggest though, stuff that i was sure about, like "next time we do this, perhaps we could [...]", or "this can be done in a lot of ways - i'm used to doing this-or-that because of such-and-such, but it's nice to learn a new approach" ... and so on.

Added: In this particular case, i'd say to the guy that "you know, next time you can just send me a photoshop image, and i'll do all the coding, as that will save time for us both, whatchathink?"