[consulting] List for Independent Drupal Consultants -- Anyone?

[David Jones]

I would *reluctantly *join your new list.  I, however, agree with the others
in that I don't think it's really necessary.  The majority of the people on
this list *are *independents.  I don't understand why you can't bring these
issues you speak of *here.

*Instead of breaking off the group, why not just start posting your issues
here?  I highly doubt that any non-independents would object.  More over,
I'm sure that anyone that *is *non-independent would love to hear what
things are like on the other side of the fence.  And if not, they can always
file the threads under "trashcan!"

Glad to see you trying to ramp up involvement, though.  I think it's very
healthy for the whole community.

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Adam Mordecai <mordecai at advomatic.com>wrote:
>
>> The majority of people on this list are independent developers, to
>> splinter it even more would cause a low traffic list to be even more low
>> traffic.
>>
>
> That's a fair point, but I didn't think anyone would mind, given this list
> gets about 2 posts a month and is for all intents and purposes it is
> dormant.
>
> I'm hoping to start an active lists/group with, potentially, many posts a
> day.   But more importantly, this list is, as its described,  "A list for
> Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers."
>
> *What I'd like to start is a support community specifically for
> independents and not just about consulting* -- one where we can discuss
> anything related to Drupal, from the unique challenges of being a one
> man/woman show to theming and coding issues.  The group would be tied
> together by a common thread, which is that we are all one-person operations,
> either full time or part time.
>
> My experience shows me there's a huge difference when it comes to being a
> one-person operation and being part of a shop, definitely enough to support
> its own group.
>
> It would also give the independents some of the community and advantages
> that people who already work as a group have.
>
> For example, when I worked as part of a team, it was really easy to just
> ask coworkers for help as they were being compensated for their time, and I
> can give help to my team and I was being compensated, all by my employer who
> understood that employees helping each other was important.
>
> But now, as an independent, I no longer have that advantage, and I think a
> group of independents, even though it's their own time and dime, would be
> willing to help one another the way those who work for a company do.
>
> Best,
> Sam
>
>>
>> On Jan 10, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Sam Cohen wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm an independent Drupal consultant and I have purposely decided to not
>> grow and become a web shop or work for another web shop. I like being a
>> one-person operation.
>>
>> I think being an independent, a one man or woman "shop," comes with many
>> unique challenges and I was wondering if any other Indies out there would be
>> interested in starting a separate email list just for Independent Drupal
>> Consultants, in order to share advice on things like time management,
>> working with clients, managing work load, etc.
>>
>> If so, please email me at sam at samcohen.com and I'll start a list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sam
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