Another day, another web horror story.

The problem with the web is that any fool with a copy of dreamweaver and the ability to spell can now jump on the web 2.0 bandwagon.  What's even more worrying is when these people start to move into actual programming.  Unfortunately as a professional company we get to deal with the fallout of this.

Today we had the unfortunate experience of explaining to a hardworking, honest company that what they had didn't work, wouldn't work and looking at the overall package couldn't ever work for them.

Thousands of pounds spent, thousands of pounds in lost labour and hundreds of hours wasted, all because they made the wrong choice for their development partner.  The world of web development and programming needs a standard for its people, something like crufts for geeks.

Today we we're reminded of a now famous quote in our office. "A professional is expensive,  an amateur will cost you a fortune".