On Sun, 27 May 2012 09:09:26 -0700 Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> 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. > [snip] > > Thank you Florian and Alan. This subject has proven difficult to > research and how cool to get in touch with lucid and experienced > individuals like yourselves. > > I think I need to hire one or more programmers and manage them myself > precisely because I don't know how to do it. For many years I handled > all business duties myself, and I've slowly been handing off duties, > and I think that has been working because I know first-hand exactly > how each of those duties should be done. So many times my business > has required something I don't know how to do and I've been faced with > the choice of learning how to do it myself or hiring someone who does. > I've chosen to learn how to do it myself every single time and it's > served me well, although it is very much the long and hard way. > > 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 For everything else, good old communication (that thing you do lots of in business) will see you through. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
