From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SZ6yH-0001Gn-5d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 28 May 2012 20:55:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C0F8E08BD; Mon, 28 May 2012 20:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ee0-f53.google.com (mail-ee0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46409E094E for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 20:53:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eekc41 with SMTP id c41so851430eek.40 for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 13:53:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hmOy9vOdHn6bHsvKOr0ZQGuUVsngpSS5zYhX+RDGkGI=; b=xvi2u0BPDgWhuw0MAPSoFt7ROSxWo4IoMSNNoVj4e4guG38MD+Iai7oMrXOiJ5lGKL tYaU7PP5Yj/iXm61oNUMOrmmckRAR0RxqQL5GT+4jCamyK89ohG+/fgJOV4YaeCJktPl 5fXOVjV87eX3BujFK4HIfAhBPxZDWrX0eZLEgrxaE8owdKzrq5vFsfOvpHNb26FK8tLQ JK/HZn6pri2CqdsM0v/UNKCG///dCM/lYK+SG0fxnQMFKE69Ss1WG3bAnkGh2Xh5RAGp EY6lyiBgBmLDnX7x3Dn8BPDksyf9wUujNrM2wqFDW/DEfLMFnXyBTQsFOL122ImwrcHM eG6A== Received: by 10.14.95.72 with SMTP id o48mr2866468eef.229.1338238434495; Mon, 28 May 2012 13:53:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khamul.example.com ([196.215.209.80]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p41sm13141570eef.5.2012.05.28.13.53.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 28 May 2012 13:53:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 22:50:29 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company? Message-ID: <20120528225029.5e9181bd@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: <4FC0C217.6050302@binarywings.net> <4FC1EAFD.6010504@binarywings.net> <20120527231852.186a968f@khamul.example.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: e6fac774-4f35-484f-9b2d-d34853a27831 X-Archives-Hash: ef7c26e2edf4d6ebbd016471db659f00 On Mon, 28 May 2012 09:00:55 -0700 Grant wrote: > >> I'll be getting my feet wet with this shortly. =A0Any other tips > >> regarding the management of one or more programmers working on > >> various small web projects? =A0Maybe workflow or any key procedures > >> a newbie manager should follow? > > > > You can get away with almost anything except these two things: > > > > Do not micro-manage > > Do not tell them how to do what they do >=20 > Could you give me an example of this last one? - I see you are using Perl with hashrefs to do function xyz. Have you considered (i.e. I would like you to) using $INSERT_SOMETHING_HERE? - Fiddling with the roadmap. Somehow, this always ends up like the homeowner overriding the architect and trying to get the roof up before the walls. - Giving "advice" on the process such as saying how awesome a concept stakeholders and product owners are in Scrum. But they use ExtremeProgramming. - Wanting to personally review the code often. I've seen some managers want to do this daily. - Get personally involved on their level. All these things class as interference. Managers and owners who do this have miles of justifiable reasons for doing so, but it's always hogwash - they interfere, plain and simple. >=20 > - Grant >=20 >=20 > > For everything else, good old communication (that thing you do lots > > of in business) will see you through. > > > > -- > > Alan McKinnnon > > alan.mckinnon@gmail.com >=20 --=20 Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com