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 1SYFRX-0002F2-KW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 May 2012 11:46:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7ADCEE06B5; Sat, 26 May 2012 11:45:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9BEE0566 for ; Sat, 26 May 2012 11:44:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D25420B02 for ; Sat, 26 May 2012 07:44:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 26 May 2012 07:44:31 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=binarywings.net; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=u2ob7dMO0pXXS3F68k3613oT W1U=; b=WZi1FROEu00Suu2/iegwVY0GZD3H2NtIY5bUSAjIbffetfECHkRbg46F PauWKXQI6sw/X5Xh4/xQ8KEnoNhxSrUL4dTMw6W2DC1qaGP+mdx3g1n627CUCPgq h/bWMtj08tUmU3glIjnv0XR7g/gNnjig2hzSPySPv0HKDMiX224= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=u2ob 7dMO0pXXS3F68k3613oTW1U=; b=mFmcP3/ag37WVR2rycNNjitFBWw6W6MsvjPo LcJwUj8mUF6tD8W5Kna97cnVe2GIqk2Ypo8zkiiRzykMex9ShrSe89PHe4XulzUM /i+YfAdao044NsC0KJugxlJKi0lHb5VTTNWpdUdcYUDyqo1l8fGjTf4ZKkkoWxpd Zugs7+w= X-Sasl-enc: mqvi5nuqFcSoY0/J3E0bsbe8TKzA7QM1XgsWomqx0EVC 1338032670 Received: from [192.168.5.18] (unknown [83.169.5.6]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id F0BF58E01FE for ; Sat, 26 May 2012 07:44:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4FC0C217.6050302@binarywings.net> Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 13:44:23 +0200 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.4) Gecko/20120505 Thunderbird/10.0.4 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company? References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE0EA3A88DD8529928FDF38F5" X-Archives-Salt: c3fcf70a-43cf-4b53-b2f7-95686fb97543 X-Archives-Hash: 3e8792dd1ea9dc54bf859d1d6c042741 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE0EA3A88DD8529928FDF38F5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 26.05.2012 13:26, schrieb Grant: > I'm debating whether I should hire an expert programmer for $X/hour, > or a company of expert programmers for $2X/hour. It makes sense from > a financial perspective to hire programmers directly, but I wonder if > there are benefits to hiring a really good company. >=20 > I'm sorry this is OT, but I bet you guys have some seriously good > insight on this. >=20 > Thanks, > Grant >=20 For starters, you could give us a bit more insight into the kind of project we are talking about. What's the expected development effort, what are the services you pay for (binaries, source code, testing, maintenance, ...)? Regarding programmer vs. company, I'd say it depends on what you expect and pay for. If you just want it coded, then the lone programmer is probably as good as the company (since programming itself doesn't really scale well with the number of devs). Extensive testing, on the other hand, is something a team should do. Sure, the lone programmer can write you some unit tests and conduct a system test, but testing itself is a profession of its own and should be done by a second person with the relevant training. But in the end, these issues a minor. It really boils down to whom you trust more. Ask for references, look at their previous work, talk to them, etc. All things being equal, paying 1*x instead of 2*x gives you the chance to pay another 1*x to a second developer if things don't work out with the first one. ;-) Regards, Florian Philipp --------------enigE0EA3A88DD8529928FDF38F5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/AwhsACgkQqs4uOUlOuU8G1wCbB343CVjp2ev/s84FoxRJDYsx lScAniySKQLKI2B97iWrpnkx9MQYMiHV =k9Np -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE0EA3A88DD8529928FDF38F5--