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Robby Russell

More options Sep 10 2007, 1:53 pm

From: Robby Russell <ro...@planetargon.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:53:15 -0700

Local: Mon, Sep 10 2007 1:53 pm

Subject: Re: [rails-business] Re: [Rails] Looking for Rails developer to join a startup and become co-founder

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On Sep 10, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Phlip wrote:

> Some advice on a startup jag...

> YL wrote:

>> Looking for Rails developer to join a startup and become co-founder.
>> It has to be someone who's passionate about software, knows the
>> stuff,
>> doer, and can work alone. Phase one will take about 200-250 hours to
>> develop.

> Even when executives are just trying to help, they almost always cause
> friction when they estimate hours. Speak in terms of the estimated
> number of
> pages and the number of gadgets on each page.

Just wanted to follow up on this...

I'd argue that focusing on # of pages and gadgets isn't a good way to
work either. We're building solutions and it shouldn't be measured by
the # of gadgets that show up on a screen. Even then... one
"gadget" (not a word I'd ever use on the web...) could take more time
than the rest of the application, so I'd not recommend focusing too
much on counting components/features/gadgets.

My two cents,

Robby

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