Thats a good idea. Not sure I have enough time to prep for this week but maybe we can get a "Business of Ruby" theme going for next months meetup. Maybe Tekin would be up for giving his bootstrapping talk?
On 13 April 2014 20:38, Alex Lynham <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
