Maybe Ben and Ben could do a lightning talk on it or some other chaps with extensive experience talk about it? It seems like something we cover in the pub afterward plenty, but might be good to share some stories with the whole room... A
--- Original Message --- From: "Ian Moss" <[email protected]> Sent: 13 April 2014 19:56 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NWRUG] The Skinny (Music/Culture Magazine) looking for RoR Developer Well, it's basically that if they want two (or more) developers to join their team of x people - probably 6 or more. And are happy already to take remote developers already, why not take 2 experienced remote developers. Who are co-located, and quite possibly already used to working together in a team. Thus, reducing the risk of having a solo developer, who maybe could struggle solo, or just need to pair for some time, and therefore getting more from return on the investment you pay for a developer. (DHH's Remote is on the list to read one day, and could help you / others see the advantage of working in such a manner) Myself, as a developer who'se worked on many start-ups for clients (with references) and has an entrepreneurial and problem solving attitude, can build teams, and project manage them. Is a friendly, approachable chap, and actually competitively priced with your locally sourced team in London / SF / NYC. I'd be working with other Manchester developers who like working in teams, that I've already worked with, over the last 15+ years, or new developers. I've very recently worked with another experienced developer in a pairing capacity, who I'd not worked with before, and found it to both be very productive and a good experience for both of us. (Reference available) I'm currently looking for others who are friendly, and have recent experience of working in teams ie. good communication with other team-members, to work together closely in some capacity. Strongly prefer those with full life-cycle, team experience i.e. maybe you've worked in a consultancy and not only developed, but helped with winning work. No, not read that book. Sorry. There's rarely enough time in recent years. Please do expand over what you felt was good & perhaps summarise what you learnt, with examples of how you applied it. Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend, and hope to see a few people on Thursday for Slaw's talk. -- Ian Moss - http://196Destinations.com live your travel dreams - http://twitter.com/oceanician - http://startupdigest.com/manchester - http://www.linkedin.com/in/alteris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
