[consulting] Best Way to Get Developer Expertise

[Bill Fitzgerald]

You could also combine 1 and 2 -- hire a developer to build your site, 
and flatten your learning curve in Drupal. This would probably cost more 
up front, as you would need to pay a developer for dev work and 
training, but you would get conversant in Drupal more quickly (ie, save 
you time) and become more self sufficient wrt this site (which will save 
you money).

Really, it's a question of where/how you want to spend your time.

Cheers,

Bill

John Thomas wrote:
> This is a request for help/thoughts on getting "Developer Expertise."
>
> I sense a business opportunity for a Drupal site based on my current 
> business, but I need to further customize/simplify the site and add 
> features that current modules do not provide.  Further, I will need to 
> scale it and optimize it over time.
>
> I have set up multiple Drupal sites on my self configured web and mail 
> server.  I have installed many models, and configured the modules.  I 
> have never built a module.  I have a finance background.  All my 
> computer skills are self taught.
>
> It seems I can:
> 1. hire a consultant to add and customize my site,
> 2. learn and do it myself (book is already on the way), or
> 3. bring on a partner with expertise.
>
> These choices each have obvious pluses and minuses.  Anyone have less 
> obvious thoughts on these choices or experience to share?
>
> If you are a developer in Southern California (Southbay of LA preferred) 
> and would like to talk about partnering, please contact me off list.
>   


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