The Importance of Your Boss Understanding Programming

A person in a website design discussion group wrote about a problem they had with their boss. They said their company sells extended car warranties. There is an instant quote tool on their website. A person can plug their information into it and get an immediate quote. The problem with the tool is that no matter what make, model and year a person enters into it, and no matter how many miles the vehicle has on it, all of the plans deliver a quote for the same amount of money.

The original poster provided a link so that people could try it for themselves. They said that they are annoyed with their boss because if they manually add a price for every vehicle, it will make the site too slow. This person says that the erroneous online quote causes an issue for them as a sales associate. If the website gives somebody a quote of $2,000, but when that person calls and speaks to an agent, the actual cost might be $2,800. Then the original poster has to come up with a reason for the difference.

When the original poster thought of creating a spreadsheet with makes, models and plans, their boss shot it down. Their idea was to use Python and pandas to pull the data and integrate it into the site. The current tool uses Form Stack. They wanted to know if this is an approach that other people would take. They added that they would prefer their boss hire developers to fix the tool, but they figured they could do it because their boss is a cheapskate.

The original poster got some advice and comments. One person said that the original poster needs to convince their boss to hire a specialist for this type of tool. A few people said they would leave that job if the boss did not fix the tool. Forcing an employee to lie to customers causes a problem with rapport. The original poster could find another sales job that does not involve directly lying and leave the website problem with the boss. For more information click here https://www.reddit.com/r/webdesign/comments/mm2eyv/notawebdeveloperbutlookingtoimprove_my/.