> Hi, > I just talked with the colleagues at my company and it seems that we > have taken a pretty big project to develop within the company. > It is a rushed project, it has a 20 January deadline and it will > require > significant involvement from my part. > So, from the moment i return to Romania, until 15-20 Jan, i will not be > able to spend a significant amount of time on hackit.
[David] Hi Vlad, Well this is bad news, as you can imagine. When there is an effort to increase the pace of dev, losing you for 1,5 month is not the best thing that could happen. The one thing that I'm not very comfortable with is the short term notice for this - I had in mind that you'd be implement the trust management and I did not see this coming. Anyways, there's not much to be done about it I guess. The mistake on the studio's side I think, is that there still lacks a clear communication on the status of recurring contractor, in our case regarding the notice period and the way things are dealt with when a recurring contractor cannot accept a task. There is a draft (http://farsides.com/wiki/Contributor_status), where it is stated that a recurring contractor should find some replacement if he cannot perform a task, but things should definitively be more formalized between the contractor and the studio. So I'll work on that, but in parallel I'd be interested to discuss with you (or with your management if you want to) on the kind of commitment you want to have with the studio after Jan 20. Would that be possible ? It would be great if we can define some rules together to avoid these surprises. By the way, I'll repeat myself on that but just in case - the more transparent you and your management can be with me, the better it will be for everyone involved. In the sense, if you prefer a lighter commitment, or if some aspects of the contracts are unsatisfying, it will be a good time to discuss it openly. We are all learning here, so feedback is essential. > I'm not sure exactly what's the best way to get over this period [David] Thanks for asking - the first thing is to finish the current milestones, we're almost there. Then, for the time you work on another project, some support will be most welcome if needed, definitely - maybe part of the day on the chat so that if another programmer needs your input he can grab you there ? Thanks David _______________________________________________ Farsides mailing list - [email protected] Wiki: http://farsides.com/ List: http://farsides.com/ml/ Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/
