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On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:09:26 -0700 |
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Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>>> I'm debating whether I should hire an expert programmer for |
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> >>>> $X/hour, or a company of expert programmers for $2X/hour. It |
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> >>>> makes sense from a financial perspective to hire programmers |
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> >>>> directly, but I wonder if there are benefits to hiring a really |
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> >>>> good company. |
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> [snip] |
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> Thank you Florian and Alan. This subject has proven difficult to |
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> research and how cool to get in touch with lucid and experienced |
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> individuals like yourselves. |
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> I think I need to hire one or more programmers and manage them myself |
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> precisely because I don't know how to do it. For many years I handled |
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> all business duties myself, and I've slowly been handing off duties, |
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> and I think that has been working because I know first-hand exactly |
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> how each of those duties should be done. So many times my business |
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> has required something I don't know how to do and I've been faced with |
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> the choice of learning how to do it myself or hiring someone who does. |
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> I've chosen to learn how to do it myself every single time and it's |
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> served me well, although it is very much the long and hard way. |
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> I'll be getting my feet wet with this shortly. Any other tips |
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> regarding the management of one or more programmers working on various |
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> small web projects? Maybe workflow or any key procedures a newbie |
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> manager should follow? |
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You can get away with almost anything except these two things: |
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Do not micro-manage |
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Do not tell them how to do what they do |
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For everything else, good old communication (that thing you do lots of |
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in business) will see you through. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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