Having once been a junior dev at an agency, I can confirm most of what you're saying. I would add that the strongest advocates for cutting corners tend to be leadership and management, who have been through this before and know that as soon as they can get the client to agree that release 1 is done, the rest is the support team's problem.
I find the quality of individual contractors can vary massively. Some are brilliant while others are borderline useless with behavioural problems to boot, yet somehow aren't being fired.
One argument I'll always make in defence of agencies/contractors is that a lot of problems stem from the fact that the client is often not engaged and believes that because they hired you, there's no effort required on their end.
I find the quality of individual contractors can vary massively. Some are brilliant while others are borderline useless with behavioural problems to boot, yet somehow aren't being fired.
One argument I'll always make in defence of agencies/contractors is that a lot of problems stem from the fact that the client is often not engaged and believes that because they hired you, there's no effort required on their end.