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 1SZeyB-0006fj-Cp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 09:13:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E5A22E063F; Wed, 30 May 2012 09:13:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f181.google.com (mail-ob0-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B84E2E062B for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 09:11:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbuo19 with SMTP id uo19so9671823obb.40 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 02:11:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZM1VI5LrHIFBlr4K0tG+EDvos6mFvFHuqSxhsYl6aeE=; b=PRWObEtNkP5aEU9FhqCQU+BPTm/7kXEd21aUe7uMkb7P8uSDQeL6XmJ643aknJHtML rUjDZdifdkChfC0AMq1xxru5qdEupVXAEiYXO63dy39VIKeYr6CK7RyVlLdY9F50vVFe HjMTMprGA5YVVR15fcebxVlov60HGRHwiXJ24LSNX/pQGczdAj/u90PughMQNIx72HmN Zzd6IFpjYRFsbDeBouorehz1nolCNSHH+oS5VzwFIW0pVqLUDKO9asNGL8MbdF5ffa7h E6a9UGX+fx25qhKcRcdQStCdZbZLJXt9WlOEX3kjssUy+DY0Kx/rDVyvihno+cPTBVXE T+GA== 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 Received: by 10.182.40.5 with SMTP id t5mr14365565obk.68.1338369114181; Wed, 30 May 2012 02:11:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.113.3 with HTTP; Wed, 30 May 2012 02:11:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120528225029.5e9181bd@khamul.example.com> References: <4FC0C217.6050302@binarywings.net> <4FC1EAFD.6010504@binarywings.net> <20120527231852.186a968f@khamul.example.com> <20120528225029.5e9181bd@khamul.example.com> Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 02:11:54 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} hire a programmer or company? From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 8aa91f58-81dd-46c2-ab72-274884c2c3ae X-Archives-Hash: bfcf8b24bd4dc164df0b15fb92cf7544 >> > 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 > =A0want to do this daily. How often should I read their code? I was planning on reading it a lot. - Grant