# What Should You Do When Asked to Implement a Bad Idea?

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Podcast: [Hit Subscribe Freelancer Q&A](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hit-subscribe-freelancer-q-a-6462780)
Published: 2025-04-28T18:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

It will sometimes come up that a prospect or client asks you to implement something that's either too vague to work or a flat-out bad idea. What should you do in this situation? Join us to learn more. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: This round-up of application portfolio management tools from our friends at Enov8.Regression testing for Workday, from our friends at Tricentis (also in German and Japanese).

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