1. Better to say "it will take me six weeks" and finish in five rather than saying it will take three weeks and finish in five. Even if it means you will lose a few bids.
2. Reuse your code and other people's code if available. I know this sounds obvious but not a lot of people do this. I don't code but I write reports and proposals and a lot of my content can be recycled with small tweaks between projects. I have seen coworkers rewrite entire pages that could have just been cut & pasted -- even from my report.
1. Better to say "it will take me six weeks" and finish in five rather than saying it will take three weeks and finish in five. Even if it means you will lose a few bids.
2. Reuse your code and other people's code if available. I know this sounds obvious but not a lot of people do this. I don't code but I write reports and proposals and a lot of my content can be recycled with small tweaks between projects. I have seen coworkers rewrite entire pages that could have just been cut & pasted -- even from my report.