Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company?

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

>> >> > 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?
>>
>> So if I see a way that their coding could be improved (faster
>> execution, greater legibility, etc) I just keep quiet about it?
>>
>> > - Wanting to personally review the code often. I've seen some
>> > managers want to do this daily.
>>
>> How often should I read their code?  I was planning on reading it a
>> lot.
>
>
> Perhaps I was too literal. Those examples should be read in the context
> of obsessively fiddling with someone else's work. Alternatively, doing
> those examples and not producing anything worthwhile from doing it.
>
> Code reviews and suggestions are valuable, but there's a time and a
> place and a forum for them. All productive teams eventually reserve a
> time slot for review and demos of running code. You and the entire team
> can and should discuss optimizations then.
>
> Let me put it another way - you likely don't like it if someone else
> fiddles with your work while you are trying to do it, or gives
> "helpful suggestions" while you are trying to concentrate. All I'm
> saying is to avoid doing that to others. Good old common sense will
> tell you when this is happening - you already know how to do it, no
> need to analyze the thing any further than that

Got it, thanks Alan and thanks everyone for helping with this.

- Grant