* Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?
@ 2012-05-28 20:50 99% ` Alan McKinnon
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From: Alan McKinnon @ 2012-05-28 20:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Mon, 28 May 2012 09:00:55 -0700
Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'll be getting my feet wet with this shortly. Any other tips
> >> regarding the management of one or more programmers working on
> >> various small web projects? Maybe 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
>
> 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.
>
> - Grant
>
>
> > For everything else, good old communication (that thing you do lots
> > of in business) will see you through.
> >
> > --
> > Alan McKinnnon
> > alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>
--
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
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