You get what you pay for. I think this is best stated by the
productivity difference between a good programmer and a great
programmer, I believe it is 10,000 fold or more. A good programmer
thinks about the immediate future, a great programmer thinks about
the long term consequences of his or her actions. Ther cost
difference between them is, of course, not 10,000X, its maybe 2 - 3X.
Hire a great programmer.
/me looks around for Charlie ;-)
-dhs
Dean H. Saxe, CISSP, CEH
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the
homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of
totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? "
--Gandhi
On May 22, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Robert Reil wrote:
I have decided that the only way I am going to get anywhere is to
have someone get things set up for me in this shopping cart. I just
will never have the time to do this and there is so much DB layout
to do also. I just need a part timer - contractor that can set
things up, get me on track, teach me how to manage upgrades and go
from there but be available from time to time.
We are not flush with money but we are very comfortable in the
spring-fall months. But we have to get our DB reconfigured.
I need to know how I should tackle this.
Should I hire a mid level / high level guy, should I hire a guru?
I need a real quote on what it would take to prep us for growth.
Again the scenario is:
MySQL
AbleCommerce
Upgrade DB table structure to accept more fields without breaking
Able.
Script MySQL and make a restoration routine to allow upgrades of
able (which overwrite some DB structures potentially) to be
reconfigured back to the custom mode.
Build management of upgrades like SVN etc that will reinstantiate
custom internal code to upgrade new Able versions when rolled out.
Thats the big picture and my learning curve is too long and I can
not afford the time or the chance on breaking our production site
to work with these issues.
The CF training was helpful now that I know what it is and roughly
what can be expected of it.
I now have the skills to understand management of the development
of an intranet and theoretical functionality of CF and DB's but
thats enough to be really dangerous.
Can you all help me find the most cost effective solution to get
where I need to be as painlessly as possible?
Thanks.
Robert P. Reil
Managing Director,
Motorcyclecarbs.com, Inc.
4292 Country Garden Walk NW
Kennesaw, Ga. 30152
Office 770-974-8851
Fax 770-974-8852
www.motorcyclecarbs.com
