On Jun 1, 2013, at 11:55 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck <marianop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> > wrote: > Hi guys > > I think that we are doing a poor job selling ourselves. I think that the > quality of our community is in > general excellent but we do not sell it. I think that we are not using well > the association. > I think that this is REALLY important for a larger adoption of Pharo that the > world > knows that we have excellent guys around that can consult. > > So what do you think? > I would use the association in a much clearer way. > > > Hi Stef. Considering myself a "Pharo Consultant", two things are happening to > me. And maybe some other are in the same situation. > Maybe we are poor at selling ourself. But it may be (as my case) because we > don't need it now :) For example I don't want to advertise myself if I know > I won't be able to have free time for the next months. So...maybe the fact > that consultants are quite is because they have too much work hehehe. At > least myself, if I need more work (if I have free time), I would send an > email to the mailing list. > > On the other hand, we, consultants, should not only think in the near future > but also in the long term. So even if may not be able to have free time in > the short term, we should marketing us a bit better. Exactly > > So....where should be add ourself and describe a bit our expertise? I would use the pharo association for that. And if you do it well all the people will follow :) > > > > -- > Mariano > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com