I think WMUK's tech needs are substantially more than 0.2 FTE. If you only have someone for one day a week, you don't need them to have a wide array of skills since they won't have time to do a wide variety of things. On Aug 22, 2012 3:40 PM, "Thomas Morton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Afternoon all, > > I've had some free time today so looked into the technical gap Wikimedia > UK is facing (this is somewhat tied into the 2013 activity plan/budget). My > understanding is that the developer job failed to recruit a suitable > candidate<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan/Ideas#Build_a_tech_team>. > I've not seen any feedback on that, but at the time I did criticise the > process and suggested this might happen (not intending to gloat, just > pointing this out). > > One of the major problems, I think, was we wanted a multi-skilled > individual with management experience... at a rate around £10,000 less than > the average for London (and that is conservative). > > As I was such a staunch critic :) it seems only fair that I make the > effort to submit a proposal I think would work out for us next year. To > wit; I am proposing we fill the technology gap short term by contracting an > individual one day per week. This will be a little more expensive than > one-fifth of the full-time rate proposed before - but because it is > contracted we are more likely to find someone able to address the varied > requirements. > > My estimate for contractor cost + a technical budget (for servers, travel, > etc.) is about £17,000 - just over half of this years budget. This based on > my experience of doing similar work. > > The proposal is drafted here: > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ErrantX/2013_Developer_role > > If you have a moment to comment on it that would be great! Ideally the > community needs to identify *exactly* what development needs it has - and > establish some fixed goals for hiring. If we can do this I am confident we > could fill this gap. > > And if it seems ridiculous say so :) I am simply trying to present a > possible option. > > Cheers, > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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