But what about the downsides? No feedback on your work (from which you
can learn), not a lot of interaction with other programmers, not easy
to consult a colleague on technical or other matters and sometimes
the
workload is too much or too little.
So that leads me to the question: is there a form of working together
without losing the valued benefits of an independent developer.
Somehow it must be possible to work together on a commercial basis as
individual developers more or less the same way we contribute to an
Open Source project.
Living in a community (on an island) where we have a lot of benefit of
existing co-operatives (for transport by ferry and the delivery of
energy), I of course thought of a formal co-operative as an
organization form for working as an collective.
Benefits:
* Acquisition as a collective.
* More flexible in workload. No more running or standing still. A more
even distribution of the workload.
* Higher occupation on average.
* Share knowledge and practical experience.
* Learn by working together on the same project.
* More change to do what you do best (specialties).
* More change to make some money as a part time ruby developer.
* The co-op will also offer the customer more continuity. A customer
will value the lower dependence on a single developer or a small
company.
Release early, release often:
With this proposal I like to research the possibility of working
together in a formal co-operative. Of course I don't have all the
answers (yet), but I'm hoping that we can together answer a lot of
them.
Let me know what you think. I made a first draft of a proposal on
Github with the following subjects:
* Definitions
* Objectives
* Rights
* Responsibilities
* Obligations
* Financials
* Board
* Workflow
* Examples
I like to invite you to join this discussion and make your
contribution by forking and submitting your patches!
See also:
* http://rubycoop.org
* http://github.com/dovadi/rubycoop
* http://groups.google.nl/group/ruby-co-op
* https://dovadi.lighthouseapp.com/projects/53142-ruby-co-op/overview
* http://rubycoop.talkerapp.com/r/4f39e9
* http://twitter.com/rubycoop_org
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On May 28, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Mark Stephan wrote:
> I don't even know what you mean by, 'low-ball bait and switch'
You bid $10,000 for a project. I bid $5000. Client goes with me. I chew through the $5000 and tell the client, sorry, but the scope has changed or something and I need $7,000 more to finish. Client is angry, but what's he gonna do? Go back to you and pay $3000 *more*???
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The problem comes in when you near the end of the clients budget, and you aren't where the client expects. You have to go ask for more money to finish. The client thought you would be done by now. You knew that you wouldn't be done, but you wanted the hundred grand, so you over promised and under delivered.
Now you go back to the client and ask for another 75,000.
On May 28, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Mark Stephan wrote:I don't even know what you mean by, 'low-ball bait and switch'
You bid $10,000 for a project. I bid $5000. Client goes with me. I chew through the $5000 and tell the client, sorry, but the scope has changed or something and I need $7,000 more to finish. Client is angry, but what's he gonna do? Go back to you and pay $3000 *more*???
-philip
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