[consulting] Module developer looking for subcontracting work

[Sami Khan]

Victor,

I think that developers should prove themselves or at least provide some
proof that they are capable of doing what they claim. However, these
sort of methods prove nothing as the results can be had in a minute of
googling if not less:

http://api.drupal.org/api/function/check_plain

What is more important is the methods not the task. Making your methods
obvious I guess would lead to driving down the costs and increasing
productivity... But also I guess its destroys the competitive advantage
of developers who had spend some time to develop their own methodology
to simply give it away for $25.00... But books like the ones you have
written already do that... So what's the difference?

Sami

On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 10:29 -0300, Victor Kane wrote:
> No aspersions cast here, but are you suggesting that DrupalCon become
> a "Time and Motion" productivity conference for employers seeking to
> turn Drupal development into a plug-in commodity? In response to a
> member of the community saying they have availability?
> 
> 
> You are also actually suggesting that "coders" work for free in order
> to supply you with data.
> 
> 
> Just an alert to show how the Open Source business model is just that.
> 
> 
> Victor Kane
> http://awebfactory.com.ar
> http://projectflowandtracker.com
> 
> 
> In terms of methodology, this would introduce a waterfall approach and
> destroy any possibility of using an agile, incremental and iterative
> approach.
> 
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Bram Moreinis
> <bram at gamefacewebdesign.com> wrote:
>         Here's an idea, which I'd like to run at Drupalcon SF:
>         
>         Set up a small test task (designed to take 15 minutes or less
>         for a
>         skilled coder).  Invite coders to do it, watch them work,
>         analyze their
>         process, publish the results on consulting digest (methods
>         used, time
>         taken, critical paths) along with the names of those who score
>         in the
>         top 25%  (speed, method elegance, solution elegance), with $25
>         paid to
>         the top three performers.
>         
>         If you know of such a thing having already been done (so I
>         don't need to
>         do it), let me know?  If not, I would like to find a coder
>         interested in
>         this effort, to help me design and structure the test.
>         
>         I have a task in mind:  apply
>         http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php to the
>         subject and message output of the Author Contact module
>         (http://drupal.org/project/authorcontact).
>         
>         Brian, does this look like a 15-minute task to you? Would you
>         like to
>         help me develop this, and be a "co-author" of the study?
>         
>         Anyone else like the idea, or know of other examples of it
>         being done,
>         or can think of other applications?  E.g. "test task of the
>         month" for
>         new coders.
>         
>         -Bram
>          Bram Moreinis, Prinicpal, Game Face Web Design
>          http://gamefacewebdesign.com 
>         
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